Officially codnamed DUKW, but known throughout the world as Duck, this six-wheel amphibious vehicle was a vital part of the Allied effort during the Second World War. Today, Ducks are a somewhat ...

A Chicago cruise company has proposed using amphibious duck boats to give Chicago River tours. The massive World War II-era vehicles have enjoyed a renaissance of sorts, with the vehicles being ...

Amphibious WW2 'Duck' Vehicle Reenacts Normandy Landing on D-Day Anniversary By Janis Laizans ARROMANCHES-LES-BAINS, France (Reuters) - With a single piper playing bagpipes on deck, a restored ...

The Duck name is derived from the designation DUKW, six-wheeled amphibious vehicles used as U.S. military landing craft during World War II. The vehicles, adapted for tourists, have been ...

That notwithstanding, several U.S. military vehicles bore the name “Duck” in World War II, including the amphibious truck (officially the DUKW, but colloquially dubbed the “Duck”) and two ...

The 17 people who were killed last week after a duck boat sank in Missouri were riding in an amphibious vehicle designed by a self-taught businessman who had no formal training in engineering or ...

But the amphibious vehicle involved in the crash — identified by the Coast Guard as Duck No. 6 — was not among a sampling of five Ducks inspected during that review, UTC spokeswoman Amanda ...

With a single piper playing bagpipes on deck, a restored World War Two amphibious vehicle landed on Gold Beach in Normandy on Thursday, exactly 80 years after the allied landing that started the ...

ARROMANCHES-LES-BAINS, France, June 6 (Reuters) - With a single piper playing bagpipes on deck, a restored World War Two amphibious vehicle landed on Gold Beach in Normandy on Thursday ...