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	Amphibious assault ship - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Amphibious assault ships, usually shortened to amphibs, phibs or popularly known as gator freighters, denotes a range of classes of warship employed to land and support ground forces on enemy territory by an amphibious assault.
		From the great assaults of WWII to the recent attack on the Al-Faw Peninsula in Iraq, both countries have been at the forefront of developing amphibious assault doctrine and shipping.
		In general the ships carry the troops from the port of embarkation to the drop point for the assault and the craft carry the troops from the ship to the shore.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Amphibious_assault_ship (1093 words)

	Amphibious assault ship - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The heart of the American fleet are the ships of the Tarawa class, which dates back to the 1970s, and the newer and larger Wasp class ships that debuted in 1989.
		The first use of helicopters in an amphibious assault came during the Anglo-French invasion of Egypt in 1956.
		From the great assaults of WWII to the recent 400 mile amphibious assault on Afghanistan and the attack on the in Iraq, both countries have been at the forefront of developing amphibious assault doctrine and shipping.
	visalia.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Amphibious_assault_ships (1054 words)

	DefenseLINK News: NAVY COMMISSIONS AMPHIBIOUS ASSAULT SHIP BATAAN (LHD 5) IN PASCAGOULA, MISS.
		Amphibious assault ships are specifically designed to remain offshore near troubled areas of the world, ready to send forces ashore quickly by helicopters and Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) hover craft.
		As the centerpiece of a Navy Amphibious Readiness Group (ARG), an LHD is fully capable of both conducting and supporting amphibious assaults, advance force and special purpose operations, and non-combatant evacuation and other humanitarian missions.
		The ship is 844 feet in length, with a 106 foot beam.
	www.defenselink.mil /releases/1997/b09191997_bt500-97.html (549 words)

	LHD-1 Wasp class - Navy Ships
		Ships of the LHD 1 multipurpose amphibious assault ship program are named for famous U.S. Navy warships which themselves were not named for battles.
		WASP class ships are the first to be specifically designed to accomidate the AV-8B Harrier jump jet and the LCAC hovercraft, along with the full range of Navy and Marine helicopters, conventional landing craft and amphibious assault vehicles to support a Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) of 2,000 Marines.
		The ships have six fully equipped operating rooms and a 600 bed hospital, by far the largest at sea with the exception of hospital ships.
	www.fas.org /man/dod-101/sys/ship/lhd-1.htm (2166 words)

	assault - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about assault
		The kinds of criminal assault are common (ordinary); aggravated (more serious, such as causing actual bodily harm); or indecent (of a sexual nature).
		A TURBULENT Person was brought before a Judge to be tried for an assault with intent to commit murder, and it was proved that he had been variously obstreperous without apparent provocation, had affected the peripheries of several luckless fellow-citizens with the trunk of a small tree, and subsequently cleaned out the town.
		In order that the circumstances may be clearly understood, I must revert for a moment to the period before the assault, and to the stories current in our camp of the treasure in jewels and gold stored up in the Palace of Seringapatam.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /assault (259 words)

	LHX / LHA(R)
		The centerpiece of the ARG is a Wasp-class or Tarawa-class amphibious assault ship.
		The five ships of the Tarawa class general-purpose amphibious assault ships (LHA) reach the end of their expected service lives at the rate of one per year from 2011 to 2015.
		Procurement of the first of four planned LHA(R) ships is part of a spiral development approach that continues the successful and low risk evolution of large deck amphibious assault ships that began with the TARAWA (LHA 1) Class and continued with the WASP (LHD 1) Class.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/systems/ship/lhx.htm (2389 words)

	USS Tripoli II
		After reembarking SLF "Bravo," she prepared for her last amphibious operation of the deployment, Operation "Badger Hunt." On the 14th, the landing force was lifted some 25 miles inland to the area near An Hoa in Quang Nam province.
		The amphibious assault ship remained in the Indian Ocean for the duration of the brief war.
		On 16 October, the ship commenced a threemonth PRAV in preparation for a scheduled deployment to the western Pacific in 1979.
	www.multied.com /navy/LPH/tripoliII.html (4040 words)

	Wasp class amphibious assault ship - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Wasp class amphibious assault ships of the United States Navy are designed to land forces on hostile shores, and they are the largest vessels of this type in service anywhere in the world.
		However, despite the fact that they normally carry a small number of AV-8B Harrier II aircraft, and have a secondary role supporting this type in larger numbers, their primary role is not operating fixed wing aircraft.
		They have a large airwing of helicopters which are dedicated to ferrying troops and equipment ashore from the ships.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Wasp_class_amphibious_assault_ship (279 words)

	DefenseLINK News: Iwo Jima Christening
		Iwo Jima becomes the second amphibious warship named to honor the enduring legacy of the heroic participants who fought and dedicated their lives to the United States in the February 1945 Battle of Iwo Jima.
		The first ship named for the battle, Iwo Jima (LPH 2), was the lead ship of the LPH class of amphibious assault ships.
		It was built in the early 1960s as the first "keel-up" amphibious assault ship and was decommissioned in January 1993.
	www.milnet.com /pentagon/navy/iwojima-christ.htm (349 words)

	U.S. Navy, Marine Corps to Commission Seventh Northrop Grumman LHD Amphibious Assault Ship
		As the centerpiece of an amphibious ready group, an LHD is fully capable of amphibious assault, advance force and special purpose operations, as well as noncombatant evacuation and other humanitarian missions.
		The first ship named for the battle, LPH 2, was the lead ship of the LPH class of amphibious assault ships, built in the 1960's as the first "keel-up" amphibious assault ship, and decommissioned in January 1993.
		The LHD Class is the sixth amphibious assault ship program in which Ingalls Shipbuilding has been involved since the early 1950's.
	www.prnewswire.com /cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/06-23-2001/0001519992&EDATE= (419 words)

	Navy Times - News - More News. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Bataan, an amphibious assault ship, arrived at Norfolk Naval Station with sailors in crisp white uniforms lining the deck as relatives and friends waved and cheered from the parking lot near the pier.
		The ship was followed shortly by the amphibious transport dock ship Ponce, while two amphibious dock landing ships, the Ashland and Gunston Hall, returned to Little Creek Naval Amphibious Base in nearby Virginia Beach.
		Two amphibious assault ships that also are part of the task force are to arrive in Norfolk on Thursday and Monday.
	www.navytimes.com /story.php?f=1-292925-1969399.php (870 words)

	Mountford 1:1200 HMS Intrepid L11 Amphibious Assault Ship Kit (MM125) \| Antics Online
		The Fearless class of ships are among the oldest commissioned ships in the Royal Navy.
		Along with helping to land a Brigade strength amphibious assault group, the Fearless class ships are normally the flagships for the amphibious taskgroup.
		An amphibious taskgroup would usually also include LSLs which are operated by the RFA and also such surface warfare vessels as are required as an escort.
	www.shipmodels.co.uk /1323_1_1452095.html (533 words)

	The Ship
		The primary mission of IWO JIMA as an amphibious assault ship had been to transport Marine forces, their equipment and supplies, and land them anywhere in the world anytime those forces were needed.
		The ship was commissioned on June 30, 2001 at the Naval Air Station Pensacola, FL and arrived at it's homeport of Norfolk, VA in August of 2001.
		USS Iwo Jima is the second U.S. naval ship to be named such; the first, decommissioned in Jamuary 1993 was the lead ship of the Iwo Jima class of amphibious assault ships.
	www.megalink.net /~yujack/sigh/iwo/ship.htm (1711 words)

	The world's top amphibious assault ship websites
		The amphibious assault ships, usually shortened to amphibs, denotes a range of classes of warship employed to land and support ground forces on enemy territory by an amphibious assault.
		Earlier ships which played a similar role to the current vessels as the heart of an amphibious assault included five Iwo Jima-class landing platform helicopter vessels, built in the 50s and 60s and various converted fleet and escort carriers.
		However, the role of an amhpbious assault ship is fundamentally different to that of an aircraft carrier.
	www.websbiggest.com /wiki-article-tab.cfm/amphibious_assault_ship (1019 words)

	Naval Technology - LHD Wasp Class - Amphibious Assault Ships
		The other ships of the class are: USS Essex (LHD 2) commissioned in October 1992; USS Kearsage (LHD 3) October 1993; USS Boxer (LHD 4) February 1995; USS Batan (LHD 5) September 1997; USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) Aug 1998 and USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7) June 2001.
		In July 2005, Northrop Grumman was awarded a contract for the development of the LHA(R) amphibious assault ship, which will be a variant of the LHD 8 with the capability to support the F-35B STOVL Joint Strike Fighter and the V-22 Osprey tiltrotor.
		The ship's assault support system synchronises the simultaneous horizontal and vertical flow of troops, cargo and vehicles throughout the ship, for insertion of forces ashore via helicopters, landing craft and amphibious vehicles.
	www.naval-technology.com /projects/wasp (977 words)

	U.S. Amphibious Assault Ships Sail Toward Iraq
		The amphibious assault ships USS Boxer and USS Bonhomme Richard were joined by the amphibious transport docks USS Cleveland and USS Dubuque, and the dock landing ships USS Anchorage, USS Comstock and USS Pearl Harbor.
		They are the latest U.S. ships to head to the Gulf, as the United States assembles a large naval force to complement the tens of thousands of ground troops already in place in the region as part of President Bush's build-up for a possible war with Iraq.
		The ship was converted to an amphibious assault ship (LPH) in 1958, and was decommissioned in 1969.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/news/824598/posts (1542 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		IWO JIMA becomes the second U.S. Navy amphibious warship named to honor the enduring legacy of the heroic participants who fought and dedicated their lives to the United States in the Feb.
		The first ship named for the battle, IWO JIMA (LPH 2), was the lead ship of the LPH class of amphibious assault ships, built in the early 1960s as the first “keel-up” amphibious assault ship, and was decommissioned in Jan.
		Built by Litton Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, Miss., the ship is 844 feet in length with a 106 foot beam and has living areas for nearly 3,200 crewmembers and embarked troops, including accommodations for nearly 450 female officers, chiefs and enlisted personnel.
	www.chinfo.navy.mil /navpalib/ships/amphibs/iwo_jima/christen.txt (495 words)

	Seventh Ingalls-built LHD amphibious assault ship
		Additionally, the ships are fully-equipped with command and control (C 4 I) systems for flagship command duty, and have medical facilities -- including a 600-bed hospital -- second only to the Navy's Hospital Ships in capability.
		The first ship named for the battle, LPH 2, was the lead ship of the LPH class of amphibious assault ships, built as the first "keel-up" amphibious assault ship.
		Among the ship's proud accomplishments, on April 17, 1970, LPH 2 served as the primary recovery ship for the return of the crew of Apollo 13.
	www.ss.northropgrumman.com /press/news/00_03_20.html (1029 words)

	Business Wire: Fourth Litton-built LHD amphibious assault ship to join Navy fleet Feb. 11
		The ship's primary mission is the embarkation, deployment, landing and support of a fully-equipped U.S. Marine force of nearly 2,000 troops by helicopter from the flight deck and by landing craft from a huge sheltered "well deck" in the stern section of the ship.
		The first ship of the class, USS Wasp (LHD-1), was delivered to the Navy from Ingalls' shipyard in 1989 and is now operating with the Atlantic Fleet.
		The Wasp-class ships are the first specifically designed to accommodate large air cushion landing craft and AV-8B Harrier short takeoff/vertical landing combat jets, which provide close-in air support to the assault force.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_1995_Feb_9/ai_16437789 (468 words)

	LHA-1 Tarawa class - Navy Ships
		The Tarawa class is designed to operate independently or as a unit of a force, as a flagship or individual ship unit in both air and/or surface assaults, these ships are key elements of the amphibious assault forces for the Navy.
		There is also a large well deck in the stem of the ship for a number of amphibious assault craft, both displacement hull and air cushion.
		The ships have an extensive mechanical system for vertical and horizontal movement of containerized and palletized supplies from deep cargo holds to assault craft or helicopters.
	www.fas.org /man/dod-101/sys/ship/lha-1.htm (865 words)

	Home Page Photos for the U.S. Department of Defense
		The amphibious dock landing ship USS Harpers Ferry and the amphibious assault ship USS Essex are providing humanitarian assistance for the victims of the Feb. 17, 2006, landslide in Leyte, Philippines.
		The amphibious dock landing ship USS Harpers Ferry transits the San Bernardino Strait Feb. 18, 2006, en route to the Island of Elite in the central Philippines.
		The Harpers Ferry and amphibious assault ship USS Essex are on their way to the area in support of humanitarian relief efforts for the victims of a devastating landslide that occurred Feb. 17, 2006.
	www.defenselink.mil /home/homepage_photos/index_2006-02.html (3039 words)

	USS Belleau Wood (LHA 3) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		BELLEAU WOOD was the third ship in the TARAWA - class and the first amphibious assault ship homeported outside the United States.
		In 2000, the BELLEAU WOOD was relieved by the USS ESSEX (LHD 2) which became the new forward deployed amphibious assault ship in Sasebo, Japan.
		The ships’ crews simply switched ships, minimizing the impact of moving families from homeport to homeport.
	navysite.de /ships/lha3.htm (1049 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Bataan is the fifth of seven Wasp Class amphibious assault ships authorized to be built.
		As the centerpiece of a Navy Amphibious Readiness Group (ARG), an LHD is fully capable of amphibious assault, advance force and special purpose operations, as well as non-combatant evacuation, and other humanitarian missions.
		The ship is 844 feet in length, has a beam of 106 feet and will displace approximately 40,500 tons when fully loaded.
	www.chinfo.navy.mil /navpalib/ships/amphibs/bataan/christen.txt (631 words)

	USS Germantown (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The amphibious assault ship's mission is to project power ashore by transporting and launching amphibious craft and vehicles loaded with embarked Marines in support of an amphibious assault.
		The ship incorporates material handling equipment including elevators, package/roller conveyors, and forklifts, pallet transporters, and a turntable for vehicles and equipment during loading/offloading operations.
		The ship participated in mock amphibious assaults in the United Arab Emirates after the start of the air war in preparation for a possible amphibious assault.
	www.germantown.navy.mil /about.htm (422 words)

	PrimeZone Media Network (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Silke Boie Hagee, wife of Gen. Hagee, that the keel of the ship "was truly and fairly laid." Northrop Grumman's Willie E. Griffin, a ship builder of 35 years, performed the ceremonial welding of the authenticators' initials on the nameplate.
		The mission of these ships is to enable the Navy/Marine Corps team to accomplish a seamless transition "from the sea" to the land battle, primarily as the centerpiece of a Navy Expeditionary Strike Group (ESG).
		Ship Systems is one of the nation's leading full-service systems companies for the design, engineering, construction and life cycle support of major surface ships for the U.S. Navy, U.S. Coast Guard and international navies, and for commercial vessels of all types.
	www.primezone.com /pages/news_releases.mhtml?d=52709 (855 words)

	NavyCompass.com
		A U.S. Marine assigned to 3rd Assault Amphibious Battalion, 1st Marine Division, fires his M-16 rifle as he simulates a hostile combatant on the beaches of the Pacific Missile Range Facility, on the island of Kauai, Hawaii.
		Amphibious Assault Vehicles, assigned to the 3rd Amphibious Assault Battalion, line the beaches of Major’s Bay after a day of amphibious training.
		The training was conducted at military training beaches on the islands of Oahu and Kauai to help several platoons of the 3rd Amphibious Assault Battalion, 1st Marine Division, based at Camp Pendleton, Calif., prepare to deploy by the end of the year.
	www.navycompass.com /news/newsview.asp?c=163373 (888 words)

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