roll-on/roll-off discharge facility (US DoD Definition)
Definition of the term 'roll-on/roll-off discharge facility ' per official documentation of the United States Department of Defense.
roll-on/roll-off discharge facility
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, non-powered, fitted with a rhino horn, is required. The roll-on/rolloff discharge facility assembly includes fendering, lighting, and a ramp for vehicle movement from ship to the platform. Also called RRDF. See also facility; lighterage. (JP 4-01.6) (US DoD)
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