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Washington, D.C. (Aug. 11, 2004) - Marines of the Chemical Biological Incident Response Force (CBIRF) from Naval Support Activity Indian Head, Md., use a naval Landing Craft Air Cushioned (LCAC) vessel to validate various ingress and egress water routes along the Potomac and Anacostia rivers in Washington, D.C.  The hovercraft, commonly referred to as LCAC, is nearly 90 feet long, can lift more than 60 tons of cargo and is capable of speeds in excess of 40 knots. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Corey Lewis (RELEASED)

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Caption Writer
NVNS staff
Copyright Status
Public domain / free use
Service Branch
US Navy
Primary Equipment
LCAC
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