USS Atlas (ARL-7)
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USS Atlas was one of 39 Achelous-class landing craft repair ships built for the United States Navy during World War II. Named for Atlas, she was the second U.S. Naval vessel to bear the name.
Atlas departing the San Francisco Bay Area, after a yard availability, February 1953.
Landing craft
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Landing craft are small and medium seagoing watercraft, such as boats and barges, used to convey a landing force from the sea to the shore during an amphibious assault. The term excludes landing ships
USS Atlas (ARL-7)
…USS Atlas (ARL-7) was one of 39 Achelous-class landing craft repair ships built for the United States Navy during World War II. Named for Atlas (in Greek mythology, the son of the Titan Iapetus and Clymene and…
Landing Craft, Vehicle, Personnel (LCVP) used in the Invasion of Normandy in World War II
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