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  2. Cargo net - Wikipedia

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    A cargo net being used to unload sacks from a ship at Haikou New Port, Haikou City, Hainan, China.. A cargo net is a type of net used for transferring cargo to and from ships. . It is usually square or rectangular, but sometimes round, made of thick rope, with cinch ropes extending from the corners, and in some designs, the edg

  3. LCVP (United States) - Wikipedia

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    Men generally entered the boat by climbing down a cargo net hung from the side of their troop transport; they exited by charging down the boat's lowered bow ramp. Designer Andrew Higgins based it on boats made for operating in swamps and marshes. More than 23,358 were built, by Higgins Industries and licensees. [1] [2]

  4. Ship's tender - Wikipedia

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    Motor torpedo boat tender, a mobile base and supply ship used to support motor torpedo boats on operations during World War II. Pribilof tender, a term used for United States Government-owned and -operated cargo liners that provided transportation to, from, and between the Pribilof Islands from 1917 to 1975

  5. Landing craft vehicle personnel - Wikipedia

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    Typically constructed from plywood, this shallow-draft, barge-like boat could ferry a platoon-sized complement of 36 men to shore at 9 knots (17 km/h). Men generally entered the boat by climbing down a cargo net hung from the side of their troop transport; they exited by charging down the boat's bow ramp.

  6. Net tonnage - Wikipedia

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    The net tonnage calculation is based on a number of factors, one of which is the moulded draft d.The choice of the value to use for d can be complicated. For ships subject to the International Convention on Load Lines, the Summer Load Line draft is used, with the exception of cases where that is a timber load line.

  7. Net register tonnage - Wikipedia

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    Net register tonnage (NRT, nrt, n.r.t.) is a ship's cargo volume capacity expressed in "register tons", one of which equals to a volume of 100 cubic feet (2.83 m 3).It is calculated by subtracting non-revenue-earning spaces i.e. spaces not available for carrying cargo, for example engine rooms, fuel tanks and crew quarters, from the ship's gross register tonnage.