Naval gunfire support (NGFS) comprises the use of naval artillery to provide fire support support for amphibious assault troops. Naval artillery refers to ship-mounted cannon used for attacking other vessels, defending against aircraft, or for naval gunfire support. ... Fire Support is a military term referring to long-range firepower provided to a front-line unit. ... Landing ship Rapière Amphibious warfare is the assault of an objective located on land by a force attacking from ships. ...

Naval gunfire is one of the three main components of amphibious warfare assault operations support, along with aircraft and ship-launced missiles. Landing ship Rapière Amphibious warfare is the assault of an objective located on land by a force attacking from ships. ... An aircraft carrier is a warship whose main role is to deploy and recover aircraft. ... A missile (British English: miss-isle; U.S. English: missl) is, in general, a projectile—that is, something thrown or otherwise propelled. ...

World War II

Naval gunfire against fortresses is as old as the use of cannon on ships. The practice reached its zenith during World War II, when the availabilty of man-portable radio systems and sophisticated relay networks allowed forward observers to transmit targeting information and provide almost instant accuracy reports — once troops had landed. Battleships, cruises and destroyers would pound shore installations, sometimes for days, in the hope of reducing fortifications and attriting defending forces. Obsolete batttleships unfit for combat against other ships were often used as floating gun platforms expressly for this purpose. However, given the relatively primitive nature of the fire control computers and radar of the era, accuracy was incredibly low until troops actually hit the beach and were able to radio back reports to the ship — usually after great numbers of them had died. The solution was to engage in longer and longer bombardment periods — up to almost two weeks, in some cases— saturating target areas with fire until a lucky few shells had destroyed all the intended targets. This had the unfortunate effect of "telegraphing the punch", alerting an enemy that he was about to be attacked. In the Pacific War, this mattered little, as the antagonists were usually expecting their island strongholds to be invaded at some point and had already committed whatever combat resources were available. Bombardment periods were usually shorter in the European theater, where surprise was more often valued and ships' guns were responding to the movements of mobile defenders, not whittling away at static fortifications. This article is about a battleship as a type of warship. ... USS Port Royal, a Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser, launched in 1994. ... USS Lassen, an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer In naval terminology, a destroyer is a fast and manouverable yet long-endurance warship intended to escort larger vessels in a fleet or battle group and defend them against smaller, short-range attackers (originally torpedo boats, later submarines and aircraft). ... A fire-control system is a computer, often mechanical, which is designed to assist a weapon system in hitting its target. ... The Pacific War, which is known in Japan as the Greater East Asia War and in China as the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression (kang-Ri zhanzheng, literally Resist Japan War), occurred in the Pacific Ocean, its islands, and in Asia. ...

Naval gunfire could often reach as far as 10 miles inland, and were often used to supplement land-based artillery. The heavy-caliber guns of some eighteen battleships and cruisers were used to stop German Panzer counterattack at Salerno. Naval gunfire was also used to help curb German operations in Normandy, although the surprise nature of the attack precluded the drawn-out bombardment neccesary to reduce the Atlantic Wall sufficient to reduce the horrendous casualties suffered, especially at the American beaches (Omaha & Utah). PzKpfw V-D, a Panther tank   Panzer? is German for armour. ... Map of Italy showing Salerrno southeast of Naples Salerno is a town and a province in Campania, Italy. ... The Battle of Normandy was fought in 1944 between the German forces occupying Western Europe and the invading Allied forces. ... The Atlantic Wall was an extensive system of coastal fortifications built by the German Third Reich during the Second World War along the western coast of Europe (1942-44) in order to defend against an anticipated Anglo-American invasion of the continent from Great Britain. ... Troops from the first division landing on Omaha beach Omaha Beach was the Allied codename for one of the principal landing points during the Normandy landings on June 6, 1944. ... Utah Beach was the codename for one of the Allied landing beaches during the World War II D-Day Normandy invasion, 6 June 1944. ...

Vietnam era

Task Unit 70.8.9, the Naval Gunfire Support Unit, was made up of destroyers, armed with 5"/38 or 5"/54 guns, and continuously patrolled the coast of South Vietnam to provide NGFS at short notice. If greater firepower was required then larger gunned cruisers were called in for reinforcements. NGFS was controlled by the United States Marines First Air/Naval Gunfire Liaison Company (ANGLICO) who provided spotters, usually airborne in light aircraft but sometimes on foot, in all military regions. USS Lassen, an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer In naval terminology, a destroyer is a fast and manouverable yet long-endurance warship intended to escort larger vessels in a fleet or battle group and defend them against smaller, short-range attackers (originally torpedo boats, later submarines and aircraft). ... Official language Vietnamese Capital Saigon Last President Duong Van Minh Last Prime Minister Vu Van Mau Area  - Total  - % water 173,809km² N/A Population  - Total  - Density 19,370,000 (1973 est. ... USS Port Royal, a Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser, launched in 1994. ... United States Marine Corps Emblem The United States Marine Corps (USMC) is the second smallest of the five branches of the United States armed forces, with 170,000 active and 40,000 reserve Marines as of 2002. ...