2 naval landing craft on auction block at Great Lakes

For anyone looking to stage a D-Day invasion, run scuba tours in the Caribbean or cruise Lake Michigan with 200 of your closest friends - the U.S. Navy has a boat for you. And maybe a bargain. Two landing craft - the kind that that can plow through surf into a beach and open a ramp to unleash an amphibious assault - are for sale at Naval Station Great Lakes. The auction of the LCM-8s, also known as Mike Boats, began Tuesday morning and runs through 4 p.m. Thursday on govliquidation.com - search for "Illinois." Bids started at $25, but had reached $6,000 and $6,150 by Tuesday afternoon.