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Re:Missouri disaster: Duck boat’s designer had no engineerin... by Pinckney on Tuesday July 24, 2018 @11:22PM (#17606702)
DUKWs performed well enough to stay in US inventory into the Korean war, and France didn't retire theirs until the 80's. Gen Eisenhower called them "one of the most valuable pieces of equipment produced by the United States during the war."
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Re:Missouri disaster: Duck boat’s designer had no engineerin... by cromulent on Wednesday July 25, 2018 @01:55AM (#17607147)
I think Eisenhower made that quote about the Higgins boat (LCVP) rather than the DUKW.
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Re:Missouri disaster: Duck boat’s designer had no engineerin... by AmVess on Wednesday July 25, 2018 @02:21AM (#17607224)
You are correct.
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Re:Missouri disaster: Duck boat’s designer had no engineerin... by dingaling on Wednesday July 25, 2018 @01:15AM (#17607039)
And after the DUKW the US Army continued with the LARC series of amphibians, widely used in Vietnam.

Many tour vessels called 'ducks' are actually LARC-5s, like this one:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/55378459@N07/5894827819/

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