A day after Japan's surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, New Orleans-based shipbuilder Andrew Higgins filed an idea with the US Patent Office for a landing craft that could transport US soldiers from ...

The Navy christened its newest San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock, USS Harrisburg, on Saturday, Jan. 11, in Pascagoula, Miss.

"The well deck Marines handle the landing craft, air cushions (LCAC), landing craft, utilities (LCU) and boat operations," said Gunnery Sgt. Brent Vines, logistics chief with the 26th MEU.

All these vessels will join a joint Maritime Transport Group being established ... overhauls its amphibious capacity with 18 new Landing Craft Medium (LCM) and eight Landing Craft Heavy (LCH).