The following is the Jan. 23, 2025, Congressional Research Service report, Navy Medium Landing Ship (LSM) Program: Background ...

7, 2024. (DoD Photo) Secretary Carlos Del Toro continued his streak of naming ships, as his tenure as the Navy’s top civilian comes to an end. Del Toro dubbed the Medium Landing Ship the McClung ...

Australia’s defense tastemakers offered a full-throated affirmation of Marine Corps Commandant General David Berger’s oft-disregarded 3000-4000-ton Medium Landing Ship concept. The Review says ...

But the strategy requires a new ship – an easy-to-hide medium landing ship that’s cheap enough for the US Navy to buy quickly ...

At a time when the incoming administration wants to position itself to challenge China's growing strengths, namely its ...

Then there’s the medium landing ship, which saw its request for proposals canceled late last year. “We've got to get that built. We've got to get that put on contract,” Smith said.

a long-grounded World War II-era tank landing ship, or LST. There’s a good chance the HOS Resolution may stay out in Asian waters. It is too old to serve again as an old-school workboat.