Outfitted for her primary mission, USS Kearsarge will carry a mix of assault helicopters, plus six to eight Harrier jets. The ship will be fully capable of maintaining its aircraft and landing ...

Landing/Attack Craft: 4 LCUs or 2 LCUs and 1 LCAC. Amphibious Assault Ships are the U.S. Navy’s largest of all amphibious warfare ships. They resemble a small aircraft carrier and are capable of ...

Amphibious assault ships are meant to be used with ground troops in amphibious combat. They do this by loading, moving, and landing members of Marine Expeditionary Units (MEUs) onto a hostile shore.

The USS America sets sail to the Philippine Sea, supporting freedom of the seas and displaying the awesome air power of the ...

The Navy's new amphibious transport dock ship will honor a fallen Marine, while two surveillance ships pay tribute to deep ...

This class of dock landing ships can deliver landing craft and other amphibious assault vehicles, as well as Marines. These ships were originally built in New Orleans by Avondale Shipyard ...

Albion and Bulwark are the Navy's only amphibious assault ships ... Permanently scrapping the landing ships means we remove that capability entirely. So what impact will this have on the ...

The first Type 076 amphibious assault ship Sichuan had its launching ceremony ... the ship has astonishing capabilities for three-dimensional landing operations, and the deployment of the ship ...

China's largest assault ship, CNS Sichuan ... helicopters and amphibious landing craft. The Navy said that in the next phase, engineers will start outfitting and fine-tuning the vessel's equipment ...