Assertion: barge | /r/HasProperty | grounded
Facets:
value: along its full length
type: OTHER
value: firmly
type: MANNER
value: securely
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: If a barge was securely grounded along its full length, the longer ramp could also be used to discharge submersible tanks directly onto the beach, and beachmasters were given the option of landing tanks by this method, if the risk of loss in submersible running appeared to be too high.
text: Though the Type A barges could disembark several medium tanks onto an open beach, this could be accomplished only once the tide had fallen further and the barges were firmly grounded along their full length; otherwise a leading tank might topple off an unsteady ramp and block those behind from deployment.
text: They would also have been used to carry supplies directly ashore during the six hours of falling tide when the barges were grounded.