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	Encyclopedia: Amphibious transport dock
		An amphibious transport dock (also called a landing platform dock or LPD) is a warship that embarks, transports, and lands elements of a landing force for expeditionary warfare missions.
		Amphibious cargo ships, also called attack cargo ships, are ships designed or converted specifically to carry troops, heavy equipment and supplies in support of amphibious assaults.
		See also: Landing Platform, Helicopter, List of amphibious warfare ships HMS Ocean A Landing Platform, Helicopter is a warship designed to deliver troops into a war zone by helicopter, but which usually has a limited capability of landing troops by sea using small landing craft.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Amphibious-transport-dock (621 words)

	NDM Article - Navy Downsizing Could Weaken Marine Corps Expeditionary Posture
		Cutbacks in the number of amphibious ships, particularly, are of great concern to the Marine Corps, whose requirement for sealift assets is based on the need to transport 2.5 Marine expeditionary brigades.
		Amphibious ships are the central piece of the traditional deployment posture of the Marine Corps.
		An amphibious ready group typically includes an LHA or LHD big-deck amphibious assault ship, one or two LPD amphibious transport dock ships and sometimes an LSD dock landing ship.
	www.nationaldefensemagazine.org /issues/2004/Aug/Navy_Downsizing.htm (1106 words)

	Vancouver
		The amphibious transport dock ship arrived on station near the mouth of the Cua Viet River and began providing logistics support to elements of BLT 3/1 committed to defensive positions in the vicinity of Dong Ha.
		The amphibious transport dock ship remained in San Diego through the end of 1971 for post-deployment standdown and for the usual holiday leave and upkeep period.
		During April, May, and June, the amphibious transport dock ship alternated tours of duty in Vietnamese waters in support of the minesweeping forces with liberty and upkeep periods in Philippine ports.
	www.history.navy.mil /danfs/v1/vancouver.htm (4371 words)

	Amphibious transport dock
		An amphibious transport dock (LPD) is a warship that embarks, transports, and lands elements of a landing force for expeditionary warfare missions.
		Amphibious transport docks perform the mission of amphibious transports[?], amphibious cargo ships[?], and the older LPDs by incorporating both a flight deck and a well deck that can be ballasted and deballasted to support landing craft or amphibious vehicles.
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	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/am/Amphibious_transport_dock.html (116 words)

	SurfWax: News, Reviews and Articles On Amphibious Transport Dock
		Amphibious Transport Docks are used to transport large numbers of troops over long distances by sea...
		Additionally, the amphibious transport dock ship USS San Antonio (LPD 17) had 55 Mafo exterior doors installed, and the Navy plans to install the new doors on each ship in the San Antonio-class.
		As the boat docked and was secured, the families were finally able to see their loved ones again.
	military.surfwax.com /files/Amphibious_Transport_Dock.html (2439 words)

	San Antonio class amphibious transport dock - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The San Antonio class is the United States Navy's primary class of amphibious transport dock (LPD).
		It is replacing the older Austin-, Cleveland-, and Trenton- class LPDs as well as the Anchorage-class dock landing ships, Newport-class tank landing ships, and one class that has already been retired, the Charleston-class amphibious cargo ships.
		Thus, the twelve planned San Antonios will replace a total of 41 ships; however the San Antonio class's funding may be reduced in 2006 as a result of suspected budget cuts [1].
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/San_Antonio_class_amphibious_transport_dock (523 words)

	AMPHIBIOUS TRANSPORT DOCK SHIP (LPD 17) - FY01 Activity
		LPD 17 will be capable of debarking forces by surface assault craft, including current and advanced amphibious assault vehicles (AAAV), air cushioned landing craft, conventional landing craft, as well as helicopters and MV-22s, contributing to dominant maneuver and focused logistics.
		A large flight deck will enable the aerial transport of troops and equipment, and a floodable well deck will permit operation of air-cushioned landing craft, conventional landing craft, and amphibious assault vehicles.
		Overall, the LPD 17 class was designed to incorporate considerable amphibious lift as well as advances in shipboard application of information technology, radar cross-section reduction, and improved habitability for the crew and embarked Marines.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/library/budget/fy2001/dot-e/navy/01lpd17.html (1114 words)

	Sen. Murkowski: Navy At Her Request To Name New Amphibious Transport Dock Ship After Anchorage, State's Largest City
		The USS Anchorage, a San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship, will be built starting in January 2006 and will be christened in fall of 2007.
		It is a great honor to the citizens of the state's largest city to have one of the newest naval ships named in their honor," said Murkowski after being informed of the naming by the Secretary of the Navy Gordon R. England.
		The ship is slated to have her keel laid in January 2006, to be christened in October 2007 and to be fully commissioned in April 2009.
	www.alaska-sites.com /akdigestemailnews082304r.htm (660 words)

	Cortez Journal Online - Cortez Colorado
		An artist’s conception shows the third amphibious transport dock ship of the San Antonio-class which was named the USS Mesa Verde in recognition of Mesa Verde National Park.
		The USS Mesa Verde is a Landing Platform Dock 19, the third in the San Antonio series of amphibious transport dock ships, replacing an earlier, Austin class series of LPDs.
		It can transport 699 troops (66 officers, 633 enlisted), expanded to 800 in a pinch, and it is designed to accommodate a mixed-gender crew.
	www.cortezjournal.com /asp-bin/article_generation.asp?article_type=news&article_path=/news/05/news050118_6.htm (510 words)

	Dock Transport Amphibious Ships Navy Military Government United States North America Regional
		Transport Minister Mohammed Lutfy Mansour told Egyptian television that 203 survivors had...
		Police ringed the dock area to prevent families and reporters from...
		of a small mobile transporter system that can transport cargo or the robot arm across the station, must be in good working order before any ship can dock.
	www.iaswww.com /ODP/Regional/North_America/United_States/Government/Military/Navy/Ships/Amphibious/Transport/Dock (528 words)

	WTAP \| Sea Strike: Amphibious Transport Dock (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Description: Warships that embark, transport, and land elements of a landing force for a variety of expeditionary warfare missions.
		Features: The amphibious transports are used to transport and land Marines, their equipment and supplies by embarked air cushion or conventional landing craft or amphibious vehicles, augmented by helicopters or vertical take off and landing aircraft in amphibious assault, special operations, or expeditionary warfare missions.
		Background: These versatile ships perform the mission of amphibious transports, amphibious cargo ships and the older LPDs by incorporating both a flight deck and a well deck that can be ballasted and deballasted to support landing craft or amphibious vehicles.
	www.wtap.com /unclassified/264591.html (250 words)

	San Antonio (LPD-17)-Class Amphibious Transport Dock
		The 12 San Antonio (LPD 17)-class amphibious dock ships are vital to the Navy and Marine Corps operational flexibility, and will fill a major shortfall in amphibious lift capacity.
		The LPD 17s will assume the functional duties of the older USS Anchorage (LSD 36)-class dock landing ships, USS Austin (LPD 4)-class amphibious transport docks, and two classes of ships (tank landing ships, or LSTs, and amphibious cargo ships, or LKAs) currently held in reserve status under the Amphibious Lift Enhancement Program (ALEP).
		LPD 17s will operate as part of larger Amphibious Task Forces, three-ship Amphibious Ready Groups (ARGs)/Expeditionary Strike Groups (ESGs), or as independently during lower risk, “split-ARG” operations.
	www.exwar.org /Htm/5000PopD1.htm (288 words)

	Navy's newest amphibious transport dock ship named Mesa Verde (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Department of Interior is especially appreciative that the Navy named the third amphibious transport dock ship after Mesa Verde," said Babbitt.
		The San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ships are used to transport and land Marines, their equipment and supplies by embarked landing craft or amphibious vehicles augmented by helicopters in amphibious assault.
		These versatile ships perform the mission of amphibious transports, amphibious cargo ships and the older dock landing ships (LSD) by incorporating both a flight deck and a well deck that can be ballasted and deballasted to support landing craft.
	www.chinfo.navy.mil /navpalib/ships/amphibs/mesa_verde/mesaverde.html (714 words)

	New Navy Ship Named
		The 684-foot long amphibious transport dock ship will carry a crew of about 360 Navy sailors and 700 Marines.
		The ship will be used to transport and land Marines, as well as their equipment and supplies in support of amphibious assault, special operations and expeditionary warfare missions.
		These personnel and supplies will be delivered via embarked landing craft air cushions, conventional landing craft or amphibious vehicles, and can be augmented by helicopters or vertical take off and landing aircraft.
	www.military.com /NewsContent/0,13319,usn1_081704,00.html (320 words)

	USS Vancouver (LPD-2)
		There, she became a unit of the newly constituted 7th Fleet Amphibious Ready Group (ARG), Task Group (TG) 76.5 -- a self-contained mobile amphibious assault team made up of a Special Landing Force (SLF), marines and support units, and the ships which served as their transportation and mobile bases.
		Between 30 June and 3 July, the ship participated in the amphibious exercise "Hilltop XX" and then departed Subic Bay on 6 July for her last tour of duty in Vietnamese waters during the 1968 deployment.
		Following a week of repairs at Subic Bay, she reembarked BLT 1/9 on the 12th, conducted an amphibious assault exercise on the 13th, and got underway for Vietnam on the 14th.
	www.hazegray.org /danfs/amphib/lpd2.htm (4298 words)

	LPD 4 Austin class - Navy Ships
		The Amphibious Transport, Dock, is used to transport and land Marines, their equipment and supplies by embarked landing craft or amphibious vehicles augmented by helicopters in amphibious assault.
		Once docked inside the well deck, troops, supplies and combat equipment can be loaded into or off of the amphibious boats and vehicles while simultaneously transporting troops and equipment via helicopter from the flight deck.
		Although both ships are Austin-class amphibious transport docks, the two vessels were built in different shipyards and have undergone modifications and maintenance in different homeports.
	www.fas.org /man/dod-101/sys/ship/lpd-4.htm (1052 words)

	Navy’s Newest Amphibious Ship Named in Honor of San Diego (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		These versatile ships perform the mission of amphibious transport and amphibious cargo ships by incorporating both a flight deck and a well deck that can be ballasted and de-ballasted to support landing craft or amphibious vehicles.
		San Antonio Class amphibious transport dock ships are scheduled to replace the older Austin Class amphibious transport dock ships.
		The 684-foot long amphibious transport dock will carry a crew of approximately 360 Navy Sailors and 700 Marines.
	www.news.navy.mil /search/display.asp?story_id=13121 (583 words)

	Minnesota Encyclopedia Article, Information, History and Biography @ Encyclopedia.LocalColorArt.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Schwan Food Company, headquartered in Marshall, Minnesota, is one of the largest, branded frozen-food companies in the United States and the second-largest privately held corporation in Minnesota.
		The state has been a major influence in the area of transportation, moving products along the Mississippi River, in and out of the inland seaport of Duluth, along railroads that crisscross the state, via highways with trucking and busing companies, and through the air with a major airline hub.
		USS Duluth (LPD-6) is an amphibious transport dock commissioned in 1966.
	encyclopedia.localcolorart.com /encyclopedia/Minnesota (4113 words)

	Navy Commissions Amphibious Transport Dock Ship San Antonio
		San Antonio is the lead ship in the Navy’s new LPD 17 class that will serve as the functional replacement of four amphibious ship classes, LPD 4, LSD 36, LST 1179 and LKA 113, that have reached or are nearing the end of their service life.
		San Antonio’s shipboard wide area network is a fiber optic shipwide large area computer network, which will support numerous operations including combat systems, ship systems, command and control nodes, and an integrated training system.
		This expeditionary warship class will be the most survivable amphibious vessel ever put to sea.
	www.military.com /features/0,15240,85243,00.html (603 words)

	Northern Edge Pictures (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Private Jed Michael from 3-297th Infantry Regiment, Alaska Army National Guard, Juneau, Alaska, stands guard as citizens are transported to the USS Ogden (LPD-5), a 570-foot Navy amphibious transport dock ship from San Diego, Calif., during a non-combatant evacuation operation conducted as part of Northern Edge 2001.
		Ben Roth a Ketchikan, Alaska, citizen climbs aboard a bus that was used to transport civilians to the USS Ogden (LPD-5), a 570-foot Navy amphibious transport dock ship from San Diego, Calif., during a non-combatant evacuation operation conducted as part of Northern Edge 2001.
		Boatmen Mate 1st Class Craig Polling from Navy Mobile Inshore Undersea Warfare Unit 102 from Spokane, Wash., stands guard as Ketchikan, Alaska, citizens are transported to the USS Ogden (LPD-5), a 570-foot Navy amphibious transport dock ship from San Diego, Calif., during a non-combatant evacuation operation conducted as part of Northern Edge 2001.
	www.elmendorf.af.mil /ALCOM/NE03/webdocs/NE01/Pictures/March25pics.htm (1077 words)

	amphibious transport group (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The size of the transport group will depend upon the scope of the operation.
		Ships of the transport group will be combat-loaded to support the landing force scheme of maneuver ashore.
		A transport unit will usually be formed to embark troops and equipment to be landed over a designated beach or to embark all helicopter-borne troops and equipment.
	www.dtic.mil /doctrine/jel/doddict/data/a/00393.html (71 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The mission of all three ships is to transport and land assault forces ashore by use of Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC), conventional landing craft and helicopters.
		The LPD transports and lands Marines, their equipment, and supplies by embarked landing craft or amphibious vehicles, augmented by helicopters in amphibious assault; LSDs support amphibious operations on a hostile shore via LCAC, conventional landing craft and helicopters.
		Normally a Navy captain, the ARG commander, known as the commander, amphibious task force (CATF), and MEU commander, known as the commander, landing force (CLF), share equal footing in the planning stage.
	www.usmc.mil /marines.nsf/e7398bff9f70330b852562c9005ea98b/d99036b6e400cde3852562ea006f4dc7?OpenDocument (246 words)

	LPD 17 AMPHIBIOUS TRANSPORT DOCK SHIP - FY98 Activity
		It will transport and deploy the combat and support elements of Marine Expeditionary Brigades as a key component of amphibious task forces.
		LPD 17 will be capable of transporting and debarking forces by surface assault craft, including assault amphibious vehicles (AAVs or AAAVs) and landing craft air cushion (LCAC) vehicles, as well as helicopters and the tilt-rotor V-22 OSPREY, contributing to dominant maneuver, precision engagement, and focused logistics.
		Ship spaces will be configured for amphibious craft logistic support and limited aviation maintenance and refuel/rearm servicing on the flight deck.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/library/budget/fy1998/dot-e/navy/98lpd17.html (735 words)

	USS PONCE (LPD15) Ship Characteristics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		PONCE (pronounced “PON-SAY”) is an Amphibious Transport Dock.
		USS PONCE (LPD 15) is assigned to Commander, AMPHIBIOUS GROUP TWO as a unit of the Naval Surface Forces, United States Atlantic Fleet and is the 12th and last vessel of the AUSTIN class.
		Her mission is to embark, transport, land and support United States Marine Corps and Navy elements by sea and air, and to conduct amphibious landings or raids to secure beach heads for further prosecution of operations ashore.
	www.ponce.navy.mil /characteristics.htm (239 words)

	NBC 15 :: Close to Home - Northrop Grumman gets addition work on transport dock ship program (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The transport ships are being constructed at the company's shipyard in Pascagoula as well as its facilities in Gulfport and New Orleans.
		The San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ships are 684 feet long and will replace four older amphibious ships.
		The ships can launch and recover amphibious landing craft, operate an array of rotary-wing aircraft, as well as carry and launch and recover the Marine Corp.'s Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle.
	www.wpmi.com /news/state/story.aspx?content_id=E8C2916E-9A32-4389-A7DA-AE57009063F3 (421 words)

	Construction of the Amphibious Transport Dock Ship
		In addition, 55 of the 210 units have been erected on San Antonio, the lead ship in the Navy's new LPD 17 Class of amphibious transport dock ships.
		The LPD 17 amphibious transport dock ships will be 684 feet long and 105 feet wide.
		Their amphibious warfare mission involves rapidly embarking, transporting and landing elements of an assault by helicopter, large hovercraft and amphibious vehicle.
	www.marinetalk.com /articles_HTML/NOR10112805IN.html (261 words)

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