"Jim Wilkins" wrote in message
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On Mar 16, 1:09 pm, "Ray O'Hara" wrote:
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a DESRON steaming by at high speed would have been enough to swamp the
river
barges that didn't founder on their own

The ones I saw on the Neckar had substantial freeboard:
http://www.freefoto.com/images/2026/...erland_web.jpg

jsw


They are not typical of the barges used on European inland waterways in the
1940's

A better picture is

http://www.historycooperative.org/jo...ges_fig07b.jpg

Keith