The 684-foot San Antonios can carry landing craft plus a few rotorcraft ... own aviation including close air support. The Navy typically keeps one three-ship amphibious group deployed somewhere ...
HMS Albion and HMS Bulwark are likely to be sold in a government-to-government deal, with Brazil a main candidate.
The two country’s landing craft programs share several programmatic similarities. They are unpopular with “Blue Water” sailors, and while the landing ships are useful, in-demand assets ...
The Navy’s Medium Landing Ship (LSM) program, previously called the Light Amphibious Warship (LAW) program, envisions ...
An curved arrow pointing right. The Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) is an absolute unstoppable force for the US Navy. This hovercraft can move up to 70 tons of gear from ship to shore with ease.
the Second Thomas Shoal), working to support Filipino Marines aboard their decaying base, the BRP Sierra Madre, a long-grounded World War II-era tank landing ship, or LST. There’s a good chance ...