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Old 09-27-2010, 11:35 AM
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i know for a fact that a few of the Tour bouts used around New York are actually ww2 LCI's (2 have still have patched bullet holes from the war and were used evacuate people from Manhattan on 9/11)
Landing Craft Infantry Large (LCI (L))

M/V Circle Line VII (ex-LCI (L)-191)
Tour Boat for Circle Line Sightseeing

M/V Circle Line VIII (ex-LCI (L)-179)
Tour Boat for Circle Line Sightseeing

M/V Circle Line X (ex-LCI (L)-758)
Tour Boat for Circle Line Sightseeing

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some of the old WW2 ships have found new life.
Landing Ship Tank (LST)

M/V Cape Henlopen(ex-USS Buncombe County (LST-510))
Auto Ferry for Cross Sound Ferry Services Inc.; Orient Point, New York (Long Island)

Landing Craft Tank (LCT)

Outer Island (ex-LCT-203)
Dredge and Construction Barge, Bayfield, WI
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