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A "bit" worse than one a guy tried to sell me a few years back. Had a kink in the boom farther out, he tried to pick a school bus out of the marsh. My question to him was when did they start making all terrain busses.....

I spent the day working on 'beaching equipment' (LCM-8's) and the ice really made me feel like something was missing. I know it wasn't a big furry biped though.......

Like everybody else on here says, "welcome to the world of wreckers, " and you will find the post about the best and best days being the day you bought it and the day you sold it is right too. I miss my M-62, but.... I don't miss the "issues". Yours at least has most of the right material...

We've got one 8 inch M-115 that we just made ready for the road (the restoration on it continues this winter) we took it out on the road to the Fall Oak Ridge Festival last month in Attica, Ohio. We just made up a set for it. We've got a little 37mm anti-tank gun we tow as well and a set for...

cbear is right, your boat was never intended to be an LCM. It was built as a shipyard/naval station work boat. They quit building LCM-3's after WWII. Your boat had no ramp, the open end of the well deck was boxed in and the deck covered over. And Andrew H is also right, Marinette Marine is...

There's one of those two part bridge boats laying sunk on Lake Erie off Camp Perry currently. It want down several years ago when some 'brass a--' thought he knew better and tried to use two of them to patrol the impact area there instead of use local patrol boats belonging to another unit...

You've got your hands full that's for sure. There are not going to be alot of places where you can get 'ready made parts' for the LCM-6. You need also to find out about when yours was built, maybe the yard that built it like Webbers Cove Boat Works, Silverships, etc. There was some difference...

As far as interest in military boats, our organization here in Ohio on Lake Erie are planning to hold a "Retired Military Watercraft Muster" for lack of a better name possibly in 2015 in the Sandusky, Ohio/Cedar Point Amusement Park area. Possibly in conjunction with a big recreational boat...

How may litters do you need (want), I've a few here I can afford to get rid of let me know.

Might be, the cover was different as I remember though.

Too bad it isn't being better cared for. There are not alot of these units around anymore. They were just too handy. There is a book kind of obscure, about the history of cranes that has some in it about them, can't remember the title though. Came across it when I was researching an old...

Yes, Welcome to the site, and good luck with your search. I had no idea there were any AMC Gremlin's still alive in Ohio. They didn't seem to do well in the weather body wise. Yours must have been kept indoors and protected. The local car shows "Cruisin By The Bay" etc have not even...

If you're ever looking for a spare winch and motor for that rig, I've got one sitting here doing nothing but getting older and looking for a home.

Thanks for the effort and the pictures. Brings back memories. Wouldn't want to sail the "ST" from that elevated house in any kind of slop. We had one in Buffalo, the "Stanley". Last Corps tug I worked was the "Cheraw", an ex-Navy YTB out of Charleston SC now in Cleveland, Ohio. One of the...

Looks like the way they used to try to get rid of the Gamma Goats, send em on a para drop mission and forget to set the chute up right. Think they're still digging for a couple of them down at Ft. Bragg.......

Speaking from experience, you're right, the gallon isn't a normal measure of fuel on tugs like that. Also pictures or at least names/hull numbers would be nice. Being a tug captain now by trade and having retired from the Corps of Engineers two years ago, a number of the older tugs I "drove"...

Gives new meaning to why it is I don't like flying...... WOW, thats quite a load to drop, bet that loadmaster was scrambling to stay out of the way.

The Ottawa County, Ohio Veteran's Service Commission in Oak Harbor, Ohio is hosting a Vietnam Veterans Welcome Home on March 29th 2014 at the Ottawa County Fairgrounds in Oak Harbor. Its a one day event and is being supported by several organizations. There will be equipment displays, food and...

I spent ALOT of time on them a long time ago too, and then allowed myself to be talked into taking three "Mike" 8's the Navy was getting rid of to use to train youngsters ages 10 to 18. It was a 'culture shock' to try to get back into being a "Gator Sailor" again. (even more so to deal with...

Just how "converted" is your LCM-3? Those boats are rare, and some nit-wit from here on Lake Erie had one 'unconverted' and didn't want it for his business anymore and he sent it to a scrap yard, they cut it in sections before we found out about it, ****ed shame really. There is a member of...