Delivery of LCAC 112 follows completion of acceptance trials and represents the official transfer of the craft from the ...

The U.S. Navy accepted delivery of ship to shore connector, landing craft, air cushion (LCAC) 112 from Textron Systems on ...

Assault Craft Unit 2 ... Their ships are capable of carry supplies, troops, cargo, equipment or vehicles from ship to shore.

A recent trial by the Marine Corps of an experimental landing ship ended with the vessel failing to offload equipment at a ...

Combat cargo Marines have one of the most ... air cushions (LCAC), landing craft, utilities (LCU) and boat operations," said Gunnery Sgt. Brent Vines, logistics chief with the 26th MEU.

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Landing craft utilities deliver vehicles, personnel and cargo from sea to shore and back to an assault ship. They provide a heavy-life capability and can carry the same payload capacity as seven C ...

Higgins manufactured more than 20,000 boats during his decades-long career. His landing craft were used in every ... 36 combat troops or 8,000 pounds of cargo, and 23,000 were built during the ...

The Tarawa-class LHAs and Wasp-class LHDs provide the Marine Corps with a means of ship-to-shore movement by helicopter in addition to movement by landing craft. Three LHAs -- which have extensive ...

Japan Marine United (JMU) and BMT report that they have been contracted by Japan’s Acquisition, Technology & Logistics Agency (ATLA) to design and build the next-generation high speed landing craft, ...