roll-on/roll-off discharge facility

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Provides a means of disembarking vehicles from a roll-on and roll-off ship to lighterage. The roll-on/roll-off discharge facility consists of six causeway sections, nonpowered assembled into a platform that is two sections long and three sections wide. When use of landing craft, utility, as lighters is being considered, a seventh "sea end" causeway section, on-powered, fitted with a rhino horn is required. The roll-on/roll-off discharge facility assembly includes fendering, lighting, and a ramp for vehicle movement from ship to the platform. Also called RRDF. See also facility; lighterage.

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No references found			Training requires having a primary vessel anchored mid-stream in open ocean water, downloading equipment from another vessel to a floating platform called a Roll-On/Roll-Off Discharge Facility, then uploading it again on a secondary vessel such as a Landing Craft Utility or Landing Craft Mechanized boat for movement to a floating pier that extends from the beach into open water. JLOTS training is essential to mission by York, LaWanda / Translog The key non-watercraft systems in the exercise were a roll-on/roll-off discharge facility, or RRDF, and a floating causeway. Putting the army ashore by Harding, Steve / Soldiers Magazine Rolling stock was moved to the roll-on/roll-off discharge facility and Navy lighterage. Go west young man! Transportation training and readiness by Howard, Gary C. / Joint Force Quarterly			roll away roll back roll bar roll by roll call roll down roll film roll in roll in the hay Roll latten roll of honour roll of tobacco roll off roll on roll out roll over roll through Roll train roll up roll-in-point roll-neck roll-on roll-on roll-off roll-on-roll-off roll-on/roll-off roll-on/roll-off discharge facility roll-over roll-top roll-top desk roll-up roll-your-own Rollable Rolland rollaway rollback rollbar Rolle's theorem rolled rolled biscuit rolled gold rolled into one rolled oats rolled paperwork rolled-steel joist roller roller bandage roller bearing roller bit Roller blade roller blind Roller bolt			Roll, Alfred Philippe Roll, Michael Roll, pitch, and yaw Roll, Pitch, Yaw Computer Roll, Richard roll-and-fillet molding Roll-call Roll-Concave Shelling Machine Roll-coupling Roll-Fed Shrink roll-in-point Roll-N-Lock Corporation roll-neck roll-necks roll-off roll-offs roll-on Roll-On / Roll-Off Roll-On Beyond-line-of-sight Enhancement roll-on roll-off roll-on roll-off roll-on roll-off Roll-on Tamper Evident roll-on-roll-off Roll-On-Roll-Off-Passenger-ship/ferry Roll-on/roll-off Roll-on/roll-off Roll-on/roll-off Roll-on/roll-off roll-on/roll-off discharge facility roll-ons roll-out Roll-Out and Turn-Off Roll-Out Multi-Hop Roll-Out Single Hop roll-outs roll-over roll-over roll-over clause Roll-Over Mortgage Roll-Over Valve Roll-Overs Roll-Overs Roll-playing games Roll-Sensing Side Curtain Airbags Roll-Through Label Inspector Roll-To-Roll roll-top roll-top desk roll-top desks roll-tube technique Roll-Turning Lathe Roll-up Roll-up roll-up door roll-ups roll-ups Roll-your-own Roll-your-own

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