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Ashdod gathers to watch US army vessel stuck on beach The vessel was likely swept away by strong winds in the area, and rescue efforts are ongoing [part of pier too]
Frontpagemagazine ^ | MAY 25, 2024 | SETH J. FRANTZMAN

Posted on 05/25/2024 3:31:23 PM PDT by SJackson

Hundreds of people from Ashdod and neighboring areas gathered on the city’s beach on Saturday to see a US army vessel that had become stuck on the beach next to a piece of the floating pier that the US built recently to bring aid to Gaza. The vessel, LCM 8558, is a landing craft.

The US Army and the IDF worked together during the late afternoon to try to find a solution for the beached vessel. A front loader dug out sand from beneath its large propellers.

Then, the front loader was attached to the starboard bow of the vessel to try to pivot the watercraft to free it. Low tide prevented this from working.

Eventually, the USAV Matamoros, a US naval ship, arrived offshore to try to help. As the sun set, the IDF attempted to help with a drone to bring a line out to the Matamoros. This did not work, because the current carried the line too strongly, and the drone was not strong enough. Later, men attempted to swim the line out to the waiting vessel.

Meanwhile, the landing craft remained marooned on the beach. This was a rare example of the ability of the US and Israel to work in real-time to free a vessel like this. It is likely the first time in history that a US army vessel has been grounded on a beach on the coast of Israel.

US completes construction of the aid pier The US Army sent vessels to build a floating pier in March. It took them until late April to arrive.

The pier was built near Ashdod and then towed off the coast of Gaza, where it became operational in early May, allowing trucks to bring pallets from it to shore.


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To: shanover

Usually, when we used to actually win wars, it was because our enemies were even more stupid than we were.


41 posted on 05/25/2024 8:42:21 PM PDT by Ancesthntr (“The right to buy weapons is the right to be free.” ― A.E. Van Vogt, The Weapons Shops of Isher)
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To: SJackson

Further proof that Military Intelligence is an oxymoron.


42 posted on 05/25/2024 8:43:25 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: SJackson

Ah yeah. Just as planned... The globe is in full control.


43 posted on 05/25/2024 8:44:54 PM PDT by gathersnomoss (Just Give Me Truth.)
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To: ssapro

The Army had amphibious landing craft and diesel electric locomotives at their transportation school at Ft. Eustis when I visited there years ago. They still have a great museum there.


44 posted on 05/26/2024 2:27:54 AM PDT by BerryDingle (I know how to deal with communists, I still wear their scars on my back from Hollywood-Ronald Reagan)
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To: SJackson

Yeah, it looks stuck alright.


45 posted on 05/26/2024 2:37:03 AM PDT by Bullish (...And just like that, I was dropped from the ping-list)
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To: A strike

The mulberries lasted about two weeks.


46 posted on 05/26/2024 3:41:47 AM PDT by Vermont Lt (Don’t vote for anyone over 70 years old. Get rid of the geriatric politicians.)
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To: SJackson

Seems god does not work in mysterious ways;-)


47 posted on 05/26/2024 6:46:45 AM PDT by Harpotoo (Being a socialist is a lot easier than having to WORK like the rest of US:-))
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To: Vermont Lt

but they worked


48 posted on 05/26/2024 11:10:19 AM PDT by A strike (There is no tyranny that cannot be justified by 'climate change')
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To: SJackson

49 posted on 05/26/2024 1:27:23 PM PDT by gitmo (If your biography doesn't match your theology, what good is it?)
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To: SJackson
How f’ing incompetent is Joe's military leadership? Stop managing DEI and CRT and start acting like the military leadership of WW2.
50 posted on 05/26/2024 1:43:52 PM PDT by Chgogal (To paraphrase Biden: You vote Democrat? You ain't smart.)
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