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The Riverine Utility Craft (RUC)
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The Navy's need for a craft to negotiate riverine areas led to the development of the Riverine Utility Craft (RUC). The RUC is supported and propelled by two counter-rotating screws, and can be classified as a “zero draft” craft. The prototype RUC has proved to be highly mobile in shallow water, mud, and marshy terrains and is capable of carrying 2000 lb of cargo or seven personnel.
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Fales, W., Amick, D., and Schreiner, B., "The Riverine Utility Craft (RUC)," SAE Technical Paper 710232, 1971, https://doi.org/10.4271/710232.Also In
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- Amick D.W. “The RUC,A New Navy Craft.” Paper presented at Association of Senior Engineers Naval Ship Systems Command Annual Technical Symposium Washington, D.C. March 1970
- Kress R. F. “Design Manual for Buoyant Screw Propulsion.” Defense Engineering Chrysler Corp. Dec. 2 1965
- Schreiner B. G. Smith R. P. Green C. E. “Performance of Riverine Utility Craft (RUC) in Riverine Environments.” U. S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station Vicksburg, Miss. April 1970