![]() ![]() The USMC encouraged Andrews Higgins to include such a ramp on his landing craft design that they were acquiring. Seen on the Japanese 14 metre Daihatsu-class landing craft used from 1937 to 1945, the benefits were quickly recognised by other military observers. ![]() A feature that was also widely adopted was the bow ramp. The Royal Navy (RN), however, did field prototypes of a simple water jet propulsion design by Samuel Wright. Most used a propeller drive located in a ‘tunnel’ to protect it from damage in shallow water. A powerful engine allowed the craft to back off the beach. This lowered draft forward facilitating beaching the craft. Each used a relatively flat bottom with the engine and most weight aft. These solutions were very similar and even drawing from each other. By the mid-1930s landing craft designs were being introduced by forces of the Japanese, the Soviets, the British and the US Marine Corps (USMC). ![]()
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