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C157545-3C
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- 1970 (Creation)
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ca. 1970. Copy of customer print. Artist rendition of hovercraft to be built in Tacoma by Tacoma Boatbuilding starting in May of 1970. Tacoma Boatbuilding will be the sub-contractor for this non-amphibious craft and will be responsible for testing starting in late 1971. Aero-jet General Corporation of El Monte, CA, is the prime contractor. This hovercraft will be a 100-ton, 80-foot long vessel that will ride on a cushion of air 3-4 feet above the water at speeds faster than 80 knots. The maximum speed is classified. The aluminum/fiberglass craft will utilize gas turbine engines and be propelled by water jet, not conventional propellers. Tacoma Boatbuilding was chosen for this project because of the shipyard's experience in high speed, turbine-driven aluminum gunboats built for the US Navy. Color photograph ordered by Tacoma Boatbuilding. (TNT 1-18-70, D-11)
Drawings; Tacoma Boat Building Co., Inc. (Tacoma); Boat & ship industry--Tacoma--1970-1980; Ground-effect machines;