amphibious ship

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• Amphibious assault ship — Six of the U.S. Navy s assault ships in formation; lead ship and the ship seen to its left are Tarawa class, all others are Wasp class An amphibious assault ship (also referred to as a commando carrier or an amphibious assault carrier) is a type… …   Wikipedia

• Amphibious cargo ship — Amphibious cargo ships were U.S. Navy ships designed specifically to carry troops, heavy equipment and supplies in support of amphibious assaults, and to provide naval gunfire support during those assaults. They were originally called Attack… …   Wikipedia

• Amphibious warfare — is the utilization of naval firepower, logistics and strategy to project military power ashore. In previous eras it stood as the primary method of delivering troops to non contiguous enemy held terrain. In this modern era amphibious warfare… …   Wikipedia

• Amphibious Ready Group Alpha — (Marine contingent Special Landing Force Alpha or SLF A often referred to as the Sluff , during the Viet Nam era identified as Task Group 76.4) consisted of various support vessels for an LPH or Landing Platform Helicopter such as the USS… …   Wikipedia

• Amphibious Command Ship — Amphibious Command Ships in the United States Navy are the large, purpose built ships of the Blue Ridge class. Originally designed to command large amphibious invasions like Operation Overlord, with the lack of amphibious invasions to command,… …   Wikipedia

• Amphibious warfare ship — Infobox Aviation name = Amphibious warfare ship caption = Essex Amphibious Ready Group in the Pacific Ocean. Pictured left to right, the USS Germantown (LSD 42), USS Essex (LHD 2), USS Juneau (LPD 10), and the USS Fort McHenry (LSD 43).… …   Wikipedia

• Amphibious warfare ships of Australia — The Royal Australian Navy and Australian Army have operated 24 amphibious warfare ships. These ships have been used to transport Army units and supplies during exercises and operational deployments. World War II and Cold War shipsThe Australian… …   Wikipedia

• Amphibious transport dock — An amphibious transport dock (also called a landing platform dock or LPD) is an amphibious warfare ship, a warship that embarks, transports, and lands elements of a landing force for expeditionary warfare missions. Several navies currently… …   Wikipedia

• Amphibious ready group — An Amphibious Readiness Group, or (ARG) of the United States Navy consists of a Navy element a group of ships known as an amphibious task force (ATF) and a landing force (LF) of United States Marines (and occasionally, United States Army troops) …   Wikipedia

• amphibious aviation assault ship — An amphibious assault ship, landing platform helicopter; general purpose amphibious assault ship; or general purpose amphibious assault ship (with internal dock) …   Military dictionary

• Amphibious vehicle — An amphibious vehicle (or simply amphibian), is a vehicle or craft, that is a means of transport, viable on land as well as on water just like an amphibian.This definition applies equally to any land and water transport, small or large, powered… …   Wikipedia