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.
The Riverine Utility Craft (RUC)
Sae Technical Papers
1971 Automotive Engineering Congress and Exposition ; 1971
1971-02-01
Aufsatz (Konferenz)
Englisch
The Riverine Utility Craft (RUC)
Elsevier | 1972
The Development of Lightweight Armor for Riverine Craft
SAE Technical Papers | 1969
|US Navy tests algae-based biofuel in riverine craft
Online Contents | 2010
Utility of US Navy Riverine Forces
NTIS | 2020
|