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To: dennisw

I bet that was awesome floating into the mother ship. How does that work?


27 posted on 07/23/2006 2:07:36 PM PDT by CindyDawg
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To: CindyDawg
I bet that was awesome floating into the mother ship. How does that work?

The “mother ship” – at one time an LSD – floods ballast tanks and the aft end sinks several feet lower. The stern gate is then opened and the LCU floats in.
33 posted on 07/23/2006 2:19:13 PM PDT by R. Scott (Humanity i love you because when you're hard up you pawn your Intelligence to buy a drink)
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