wrote:
On Fri, 15 Aug 2014 08:29:07 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

Actually I'd rather have a DUKW

They might be OK in a fresh water environment but they have to be a
maintenance nightmare in salt water. There is just way to much
rotating machinery in the water.
I think the military assumed they would be blown up long before they
had time to rust up.

They were figured to be short lived. Was interesting about the design. I
think it was yacht designer Steven's who designed the DUKW. Decided on a
deuce and a half army truck as they were very common and coming off the GM
assembly line. Was only like 60 days from inception to design to
prototype. What sold the military on them was a rescue of a floundering
ship crew through the surf in Maine or thereabouts. When the surf rescue
could not get out.