This is again in the turn, when the right front side or sponson digs into the water and the boat does a barrel roll ending up upside down. |
The cutter jingled her full-speed bell while the tackle was still lifting the sponson boat. |
An eager gunner endeavoured to pass one of the tanks, but his gun caught the sponson and slipped off into the mud. |
A 15-man life raft is installed either side in the forward section of each sponson. |
A bomb exploded directly beneath the sponson, where the dead body had fallen. |
The battery door is on the aft end of the sponson that houses the port main landing gear. |