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Bookmark or Share- The Invention That Won World War II - Smithsonian MagazineHiggins, a Nebraska native who established himself as a successful lumber businessman in New Orleans, began building boats in the 1930s. He concentrated on flat-bottomed vessels to meet the...
- Higgins Boats - NHHCHiggins designed and produced a unique assembly of amphibious boats capable of delivering multitudes of troops and equipment safely and efficiently from ship to shore, which eliminated the...
- LCVP (United States) - WikipediaThe landing craft, vehicle, personnel (LCVP) or Higgins boat was a landing craft used extensively by the Allied forces in amphibious landings in World War II. Typically constructed from plywood, this shallow-draft, barge-like boat could ferry a roughly platoon -sized complement of 36 men to shore at 12 knots (14 mph; 22 km/h).
- Higgins Boat: The Landing Craft That Helped the Allies Win ...The landing craft, vehicle, personnel (LCVP) – or Higgins boat – was used by the Allies to conduct amphibious operations during the Second World War. The small vessel was designed to carry a platoon of soldiers from ship to shore, and it was used in great numbers on D-Day.
- The Higgins Boat (LCVP) | Andrew Jackson Higgins MemorialThe landing craft, vehicle, personnel (LCVP) or Higgins boat was a landing craft used extensively in amphibious landings in World War II. Higgins designed and produced two basic classes of military craft.
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