Dock landing ship
As a dock landing ship ( engl. Dock Landing Ship ) is a warship called that operates within a Marine Amphibious Unit and whose job it is to transport amphibious vehicles and their crews and deploy if necessary. The shipping classifications for Docklandungsschiffe loud LSD or LPD for ships with helicopter platform.
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- 2.2 Bay - class
U.S. Navy
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The LSD of the United States Navy Amphibious Ready Group are part of a consisting of addition in each one LHD and LPD. These three ships a Marine Expeditionary Unit of the United States Marine Corps is distributed.
The job of an LSD is to sell infantry and heavy equipment at a certain point the coast. This is done mainly by LCAC hovercraft boats, of which an LSD, depending on the class, two or four can transport in a well deck. Thus, the ship has the largest carrying capacity of LCACs every ship of the U.S. Navy. The ship also offers repair and supply facilities for LCACs and conventional landing craft.
Whidbey - Iceland - class
The first ship of the Whidbey - Iceland - class was built as a successor to the older Anchorage class and put into service on 9 February 1985. Since then, eight ships of this class were built.
Harpers Ferry - class
The first ship Harpers Ferry - class entered service on 7 January 1995. Ships of this class are cargo variants of the Whidbey - Iceland - class and can carry two LCACs less in their Welldeck but provide a greater cargo capacity on land vehicles and equipment.
Royal Navy
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The LSD of the Royal Navy Amphibious Task Group are part of an initiation codon (ATG ) to the rule also includes a helicopter carrier. Your task is to settle troops and heavy equipment at a coast. This is mainly done with conventional landing craft. In addition to stand at the LSD motorized pontoons Mexeflotes to disposal.
Bay - class
The LSD of the Bay class were ordered in 2000 to replace the landing ships of the Round Table class. They are a complement to the Albion class LPD and operate with them always in the lattice, because they do not have their own command facilities nor fixed weapons systems. Each ship offers regularly accommodate up to 356 soldiers, in the short term for up to 850 In addition, up to 24 20-foot or twelve 40-foot ISO containers with food or technical equipment are taken on board. At the vehicle decks up to 150 light trucks or 24 Challenger 2 tanks can be transported.
Each LSD can be a heavy and two light landing craft to carry in the well deck. In addition, each LSD has two side of the ship fortified Mexeflotes. It is motorized pontoons with which both soldiers and equipment can be brought ashore, as a temporary jetty can be built in a short time. The helicopter deck can accommodate two Merlin EH -101 or CH -47 Chinook are running at the same time and can leave a third. The helicopters can be refueled on deck, and serviced and repaired. A fixed hangar is not available, but can be added anytime.
French Navy
The French Navy has two of the LPD Foudre - class, have been put into service between 1990 and 1998. They were involved in numerous operations, especially on the West African coast (Operation Corymbe ).