The Navy Department already had under contract a man who had experience in designing river craft, one Samuel M . Pook, working at the time in Cairo, Illinois.
22.
This depth typically corresponds to river craft with deadweight cargo up to 600t, whilst useful sea going vessels of 2, 000 3, 000 dwt typically have drafts of.
23.
Beyond the port of Basra, transport options were limited to animal power, along unpaved tracks near the river, or river craft . Both required adequate water to operate effectively.
24.
The bridge has 2.59m ( 8'6 " ) mean headroom for vessels and to the north has 130 metres of free 24 hours public mooring available to river craft.
25.
Just as French transports were often named after French rivers, these small river craft for use in Tonkin tended to be named after the watercourses of the Tonkin Delta.
26.
Despite the fact that the river was the primary means of transporting men and supplies in theater, the British had insufficient river craft to adequately meet the Tigris Corps'supply needs.
27.
There is every variety of surface, hill, plain, dale, glens, running streams and fine forest and the Hudson with its varieties of river crafts constantly flowing in a varied scene.
28.
The United States Navy also converted many to 7.62mm NATO, and designated them Mk 21 Mod 0; they were commonly used on river craft in the 1960s and 1970s in Vietnam.
29.
Both channels are navigable; the west channel is larger and suitable for river craft and small boats to ply and the east channel is also navigable and suitable for plying light river craft.
30.
Both channels are navigable; the west channel is larger and suitable for river craft and small boats to ply and the east channel is also navigable and suitable for plying light river craft.
