How cool is this?

[Jeep7797]

Went out on the Illinois River last weekend around Morris and saw 3 of these just wrapping up. They had for lack of a better explanation a fold up barge being pushed by these jet boats. Probably about 50-60 soldiers hanging around after a good day on the water! I've never seen anything like these before, anyone know what they are? Btw, thank all of you who have served past and present.

 

[jeffrt]

Pretty sure that’s an Army bridge erection boat. I had never seen one before until I visited a company called Birdon in Connecticut a couple months ago for work.
Pretty neat boats!

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Projects Waterways Commerce Cutters (WCC) In 2023, Birdon was awarded a $1.187 Billion contract to design and build 27 Waterways Commerce Cutters (WCC) for the […]

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