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The '''stern launching ramp''' is a technology that allows patrol vessels to launch and retrieve smaller boats without requiring the mother vessel to come to a halt. | The '''stern launching ramp''' is a technology that allows patrol vessels to launch and retrieve smaller boats without requiring the mother vessel to come to a halt. | ||
Boats propelled by high-powered water-jets can drive themselves back on board their mother vessel's ramp, even when their mother vessel is traveling at noteworthy speed. | Boats propelled by high-powered water-jets can drive themselves back on board their mother vessel's ramp, even when their mother vessel is traveling at noteworthy speed. | ||
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Revision as of 20:10, 18 September 2020
The stern launching ramp is a technology that allows patrol vessels to launch and retrieve smaller boats without requiring the mother vessel to come to a halt. Boats propelled by high-powered water-jets can drive themselves back on board their mother vessel's ramp, even when their mother vessel is traveling at noteworthy speed.
