Mobile Landing Platform

From 2015

Fully loaded 24,900 ts

255 meters

50 meters

15 knots

The ships of the Mobile Landing Platform are a new class of landing ships of the U.S. Navy. They enable the transshipment of large cargo ships and roll-on/roll-off ships via a ramp. While the actual handling of both ships lie alongside and cars drive by roll-on/roll-off ship via the ramp on the deck of the Mobile Landing Platform. There, the vehicles are loaded on - LCAC landing craft.

• 2.1 Hull
• 2.2 embarked driving and flying machines

History

The concept of the MLP was tested in September 2005 for the first time, used the Navy to the Mighty Servant for the Umladeversuch. 2011 started the construction of the first ship of the new class, the USNS Montford Point ( T- MLP -1), the second ship, the USNS John Glenn (T- MLP -2), built since April 2012. For the third ship of the name USNS Lewis B. Puller has already been determined. Since 2012, a fourth ship is planned.

Office hours

The USNS Montford Point is to be made in 2015 as the first ship of her class in service.

Technology

Hull

The hull of the ship is 255 m long and 50 m wide. The middle part of it is a great platform for the transshipment of vehicles and cargo.

Embarked driving and flying machines

3 LCAC transverse to the direction of the ship.

Application profile

The MLP ships serve as a base at sea during a landing operation and allow the unloading of troops, vehicles and cargo from large cargo ships on the landing hovercraft type LCAC, carried by those three. The LCAC then run through the landing on the coast.