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An amphibious transport dock (also called a landing platform dock or LPD) is an amphibious assault ship, a warship that embarks, transports, and lands elements of a landing force for expeditionary warfare missions. The United States Navy operates several of this type of ship; their helicopters, vertical take-off and landing aircraft, and air-cushion or conventional landing craft support of the United States Marine Corps's "vertical envelopment" assault doctrine. The ships are generally designed to transport troops into a war zone by sea, primarily using landing craft, although invariably they will also have a limited airborne capability. Six of the U.S. Navys seven amphibious assault ships in formation The Italian MM San Giusto Amphibious assault ships, usually shortened to amphibs, phibs or popularly known as gator freighters, denotes a range of classes of warship employed to land and support ground forces on enemy territory by...
Landing is a military operation aimed at a bringing the landing force (landing troops) to a shore or to land with the purpose of power projection ashore/landside by forces coming from ships/aircraft and able to fight. ...
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Robinson Helicopter Company (USA) R44, a four seat development of the R22 A helicopter is an aircraft which is lifted and propelled by one or more horizontal rotors, each having two or more rotor blades. ...
Vertical Take-Off and Landing (VTOL) describes airplanes that can lift off vertically. ...
Landing craft Rapière LCU 1656 departs USS Bataan (LHD-5) well deck during Hurricane Katrina relief operations. ...
The United States Marine Corps (USMC) is a branch of the U.S. military responsible for providing power projection from the sea,[1] utilizing the mobility of the U.S. Navy to rapidly deliver combined-arms task forces to global crises. ...
A US Army UH-1 Huey seen offloading troops during the Vietnam War Air Assault (or air mobile, in the U.S. Air Cavalry) is the movement of forces by helicopter or aircraft to engage and destroy enemy forces or to seize and hold key terrain. ...
Amphibious transport docks perform the mission of amphibious transports, amphibious cargo ships, and the older LPDs by incorporating both a flight deck and a well deck that can be ballasted and deballasted to support landing craft or amphibious vehicles. Amphibious cargo ships, also called attack cargo ships, are ships designed or converted specifically to carry troops, heavy equipment and supplies in support of amphibious assaults. ...
LPD Classes
In Service
United States Navy PCU San Antonio The San Antonio class is the United States Navys primary class of amphibious transport dock (LPD). ...
The Trenton class of amphibious transport dock was a refinement of the Austin and Cleveland classes. ...
PCU San Antonio The San Antonio class is the United States Navys primary class of amphibious transport dock (LPD). ...
The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the oldest of the British armed services (and is therefore the Senior Service). ...
HMS Bulwark (foreground) and HMS Albion (background) The Albion class landing platform dock ships are the newest amphibious assault vessels in the Royal Navy fleet. ...
HMS Bulwark (foreground) and HMS Albion (background) The Albion class landing platform dock ships are the newest amphibious assault vessels in the Royal Navy fleet. ...
The French Navy, officially called the National Navy (French: Marine Nationale) is the maritime arm of the French military. ...
The Foudre type vessels are landing platforms of the French Navy. ...
The Ouragan is a class of French landing platform docks operated by the French Navy. ...
The Mistral type is a class of assault helicopter carriers, capable of deploying 16 NH90 or Tigre. ...
The Indian Navy is the naval branch of the armed forces of India. ...
USS Trenton (LPD-14), the lead ship of her class of amphibious transport dock, was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for the capital of New Jersey. ...
Marina Militare naval jack Marina Militare (the Italian Navy) is one of the four branches of the military forces of Italy. ...
The Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN, Malay: Angkatan Laut Republik Singapura, Simplified Chinese: æ–°åŠ å¡æµ·å†›éƒ¨é˜Ÿ) is the navy of the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF). ...
The Endurance class landing platform dock ships are the biggest class of ships in the Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN). ...
- Galicia (Same design as Dutch Rotterdam)
The Spanish Navy (in Spanish, Armada Española) is the maritime arm of the Spanish Military. ...
The Galicia class are a class of Landing Platform Dock or LPD amphibious warfare ships with a large helicopter deck and a dock for large landing craft. ...
Flag of the Royal Netherlands Navy Royal Netherlands Navy Jack The Koninklijke Marine (Royal Netherlands Navy ) is the navy of the Netherlands. ...
The Rotterdam is an assault ship with a large heli deck and a dock for large landing craft. ...
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The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force ), or JMSDF, is the maritime branch of the Japanese Self-Defense Forces, tasked with the naval defense of Japan and formed following the dissolution of the Imperial Japanese Navy after World War II.[1] The force is based strictly on defensive armament, largely lacking...
The JMSDF unveiled the 8,900 ton Osumi class landing ship tank (LST) in the mid-1990s, which raised the anxieties of several countries in the region because of its flat deck gave it the appearance of a small aircraft carrier. ...
Decommissioned
United States Navy The Austin class of amphibious transport dock followed the Raleigh class and was followed by the San Antonio and Cleveland classes. ...
Royal Navy See also: Landing Platform, Helicopter, List of amphibious warfare ships The two Fearless class ships, HMS Fearless and HMS Intrepid, were the first purpose built amphibious warfare vessels in the Royal Navy. ...
HMS Ocean A Landing Platform, Helicopter is a warship designed to deliver troops into a war zone by helicopter, but which usually has a limited capability of landing troops by sea using small landing craft. ...
This is a list of amphibious warfare ships updated as of January 2005. ...
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