Marston Mat, more properly called pierced (or perforated) steel planking (PSP), is standardized, perforated steel matting material developed by the United...

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Marston may refer to: Marston, Cheshire, a village and civil parish Marston, Herefordshire, a hamlet Marston, Lincolnshire, a village and civil parish...

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U.S. forces during the Battle of Midway. It is mostly constructed of Marston Mat and was built by the United States Navy Seabees. Despite being located...

who ran onto them between landings and dumped sand into the runway's Marston Mat (pierced steel planking) to soften the surface and help the planking...

at the east end of Port Stanley, where the runway was constructed of Marston Mat (also known as pierced steel planking or PSP). This situation continued...

(4,600 by 100 ft) runway was laid over alluvial sand and gravel, and Marston Mat used for the surface. The resulting runway was not capable of all-weather...

by the U.S. military in World War Two called ‘Marston mats’. During November, 1941 maneuvers near Marston, North Carolina, the 21st Engineer Regiment (Aviation)...

Seabees Seabee Unit Histories and Cruisebooks at the Seabee Museum The Marston Mat and Seabee The Pacific War Online Encyclopedia U.S. Navy Seabee Museum...

58th Seabees building Katchin Hanto Seaplane Base. Seabees are installing Marston Mat for the Seaplane ramp...

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ordered to proceed to Cam Ranh Air Force Base, Evans skidded on the wet Marston Mat runway and went 6.1 metres (20 ft) off its end. The bomb did not explode...

became a training area for the Seabees. The Seabees put down a section of Marston mat runway that would become Point Mugu's first airstrip. NAS Point Mugu...

that had to be hauled from the nearest source 8 miles (13 km) away. Marston Mat was then laid over the top but this did not arrive until 25 January 1944...

pad at LC-3, including the slab foundation and some of the surrounding Marston mat, all long-buried under heavy scrub. Launch Complex 4 (LC-4) was one of...

corvette HMAS Mildura. Karangai fetched 100 cubic metres (90 MTON) of Marston Mat from Darwin that was used for road works and hardstands. The SS Dorrigo...

whenever its parent Kiev-class aircraft carrier was in port. Extensive Marston Mat planking was laid at the base in the late 1970s to support the Yak-38's...

400-foot (730 m) long gravel surface with an extra 1,000 feet (300 m) of Marston Mat frequently pockmarked with craters from Japanese artillery and naval...

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landing in a dry riverbed and wait for the Army to bring him fuel and Marston Mat to create a temporary runway. On May, 19, the 82nd escorted B-25 Mitchell...

Helipads Number Length and surface Kỳ Hà 03/21 660 feet (201 m) AM2 Marston Mat...

crossing the Tijuana River, began with construction of a fence made of Marston Mat in 1989, followed by construction of a secondary fence beginning in 1996...

week to restore the strip to a usable state. Extensive use was made of Marston Mat, interlocking steel plates laid down like matting. Remnants of the plates...

the Navy. Bureau of Yards and Docks (c. 1944) Seabees Report: European Operations (1945) The Marston Mat and Seabee The Pacific War Online Encyclopedia...

damage to aircraft, such as wheels being torn off.[citation needed] Marston Mat Smith, David J. "Britain's Military airfields 1939-45" "Sommerfield Tracking...

Douglas SBD Dauntless dive bombers of VC-40 sortie from Piva Airfield for a strike on Rabaul on 6 April 1944. The runway is surfaced with Marston Mat....

engineers expanded the airfield, strengthening the runway by laying steel Marston Mats and concrete, adding air control facilities and tanks to store oil and...

the beaches. Beach unloading was difficult due to the surf and sand. Marston Mats were laid to help jeeps and DUKWs onto the beach. Once the beach was...

take off, the undercarriage collapsed and the plane ploughed into the Marston Mat runway. A propeller shattered, splinters ripped through the fuselage...