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Lighter-aboard-ship logistics and the Mexeflote legacy

Lighter-carrying ships prompt a brief comparison with the ship-to-shore role of Britain's Mexeflote system.

Amphibious Logistics Lighter Aboard Ship Mexeflote Naval Logistics Royal Navy World War II

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Question

How useful were lighter-aboard-ship systems?

Short answer

They are judged useful, with Mexeflote offered as a modern relative of the same ship-to-shore lighter concept.

Notes

Lighter-aboard-ship arrangements are valued for their cargo-handling role. Wartime lighter operations and modern British Mexeflotes provide related ship-to-shore examples. The comparison is conceptual, without a documented design lineage between particular systems.