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	Amphibious transport dock - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		An amphibious transport dock (also called a landing platform dock or LPD) is an amphibious assault ship, a warship that embarks, transports, and lands elements of a landing force for expeditionary warfare missions.
		The United States Navy operates several of this type of ship; their helicopters, vertical take-off and landing aircraft, and air-cushion or conventional landing craft support of the United States Marine Corps's "vertical envelopment" assault doctrine.
		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.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Landing_Platform_Dock (185 words)

	LPD 4 Austin class
		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.
		With a relatively shallow draft of 22 feet, she was able to steam within sight of the Al Faw peninsula to act as a refueling platform for the numerous aircraft transiting from the big decks located in deeper waters to the southeast.
		Although their capabilities are less than those of the new LSD-41 class, the ships of the Austin class, built between 1965-1971, were considered sufficiently modern to have their service lives extended, and the Navy had planned to inaugurate an overhaul program for all 11 of them commencing in early 1988.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/systems/ship/lpd-4.htm (1571 words)

	Landing Ship, Dock (LSD) / Amphibious Transport, Dock (LPD)
		The term "dock" is somewhat confusing, since it might be imagined that these ships are intended to land at a dock, or transport to a dock.
		This class could be identified from the earlier ships in that its ship had their main lifting cranes and smoke stacks offset from one side to the other.
		The design of the Harpers Ferry (LSD 49)-class dock landing ship is similar to that of the LSD 41-class, with ships of both classes sharing the same general dimensions and propulsion plant.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/systems/ship/ld.htm (2295 words)

	WHAT
		Dock Landing Ships were developed during World War II as a means of transporting landing crafts (a large proportion of the hull of this type of craft is a floodable docking well), across the open seas and launching them in an assault on an enemy coast.
		To facilitate the docking and loading of various sized landing craft, the ship can ballast down in the water, thereby flooding the well deck to enable the landing craft to enter or exit the well deck through the stern gate door.
		However ships of this class have usually seen 4 decades and more of service in the USN and it would no doubt be extensively refitted for considerable life extension prior to the transfer.
	www.indiadefence.com /trenton.htm (606 words)

	The Future of the Navy's Amphibious and Maritime Prepositioning Forces
		Austin class (LPD-4) amphibious transport docks are the oldest ships in the amphibious warfare force, with an average age of about 36.
		Harpers Ferry LSDs are considered the cargo variant of dock landing ships: they have 10 times the cargo storage space of the Whidbey Island class but only half the carrying capacity for landing craft in their docking wells.
		Arguably, sea bases might be at greater risk than land bases from ballistic and cruise missiles because they are more concentrated, meaning that a missile strike could disable or destroy a vastly greater proportion of material and capability for a military operation than would be the case with a land base.
	www.cbo.gov /showdoc.cfm?index=6003&sequence=2 (7179 words)

	Leading the Way in Ship Design
		Larger and more capable than the LPD 4 Austin class, its immediate predecessor, the LPD 17 also is required to have many of the capabilities of the other three classes of ships that it is replacing--LKA 113-class amphibious cargo ships, LSD 36-class dock landing ships, and LST 1179-class tank landing ships.
		The San Antonio class is designed to meet the needs of both men and women for more personal space, for dedicated educational and professional training facilities, and for enhanced physical-fitness facilities.
		Looking at the 12-ship class as a whole and its planned 40-year service life, the overall impact of these early schedule adjustments is far offset by across-the-board improvements in platform performance--performance which would not have been achieved were it not for the dedicated, day-by-day efforts of the Navy-Marine Corps-industry team.
	www.navyleague.org /seapower/leading_the_way_in_ship_design.htm (2713 words)

	::IDSA Strategic Comments::The Indian Navy's Amphibious Leap: 'With A Little Help From America'::
		Amphibious vessels are essentially 'Trojan (sea) Horses', carrying a large number of troops with equipment, vehicles and cargo (depending on the mission) to be discharged onto the shores of the 'objective area'.
		In contrast, a LPD like the Trenton is a 'better Trojan Horse' - its carrying capacity is roughly double that of the LST-L and it has a greater endurance of 7,700 nautical miles at a speed of 20 knots, as opposed to the LST-L's 3,300 nm at 14 knots.
		More importantly, it has a large platform to operate up to six medium-lift helicopters and a floodable 'well-deck' at its stern for housing smaller landing craft or hovercraft.
	www.idsa.in /publications/stratcomments/gskhurana030406.htm (814 words)

	Fleet Week - New York City (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Amphibious transports are warships that embark, transport and land elements of a landing force for a variety of expeditionary warfare missions.
		Although classified as buoy tenders, each Keeper Class tender is capable of conducting a variety of missions, including icebreaking and law enforcement operations.
		The vessel is used as a demonstration platform for the latest innovation in naval technology for the United States until 2020 and beyond.
	www.fleetweek.navy.mil /2005Files/ships2005.htm (1413 words)

	Shipping, shipbuilding, offshore news
		The 23,400 tonnes displacement "Fort Austin" was built in 1979 and is propelled by a Sulzer low-speed diesel.
		Newbuildings with Wartsila engines include the RFA fleet oilers "Wave Knight" and "Wave Ruler", the landing platform dock (LPD) vessels HMS "Albion" and HMS "Bulwark", the Bay class of four LSD(A) (landing ships dock auxiliary) vessels and the Type 45 air defense destroyers.
		HMS "Albion" and "Bulwark" are also equipped with Lips propellers and the Bay class with Lips azimuthing thrusters.
	www.marinelog.com /DOCS/NEWSMMIII/MMIIIOct23a.html (222 words)

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		The landing was made as a precautionary measure after a transmission warning light came on.
		The landing modes range from normal, where the crew can exit on their own, to EGRESS Condition Red, which is labeled as a catastrophic condition when serious threat to life or limb of the rescue force is imminent.
		After the classes, Marines have the chance to practice working with the boat on land before jumping in the surf.
	www.chinfo.navy.mil /navpalib/news/mcnews/mcn95/mcn95031.txt (3909 words)

	Directory of links to all things military. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		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.
		Landing Craft/Assault Vehicles: Two LCACs or one LCU; and 14 Advanced Amphibious Assault Vehicles.
	www.worldnewsstand.net /04/military/No23.htm (451 words)

	U.S. Navy: Vision...Presence...Power
		This new class is currently scheduled to transfer to the Military Sealift Command (MSC), and ongoing studies are addressing a broad spectrum of forward-deployed logistics concepts to support innovative operational concepts, including the Integrated Battle Group and the Marine Corps' Operational Maneuver from the Sea concepts.
		Description: This high-speed, fully amphibious landing craft is capable of carrying a 60-ton payload (75 tons in overload) at speeds in excess of 40 knots and a nominal range of 200 nautical miles.
		Description: The Wasp (LHD-1) class is a multipurpose amphibious assault ship whose primary mission is to embark, deploy, and land elements of a Marine landing force in an assault by a combination of helicopters, landing craft, or amphibious vehicles.
	www.chinfo.navy.mil /navpalib/policy/vision/vis98/vis-p08.html (8822 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.
		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.
	www.cortezjournal.com /asp-bin/article_generation.asp?article_type=news&article_path=/news/05/news050118_6.htm (510 words)

	Jack Abraitis - M.L.B.W. Glossary - USN Ship Classes - WarShips, Amphibious Warfare Ships
		Although their capabilities are less than those of the new LSD-41 class, the ships of the Austin class, built between 1965-1971, were considered sufficiently modern to have their service lives extended, and the Navy had planned to inaugurate a SLEP program for all 11 of them commencing in early 1988.
		Accordingly, ships of this class offload cargo and vehicles by means of a 112-foot ramp over their bow.
		The 20 ships of this class, all commissioned between June 1969 and August 1972, are the only LSTs remaining in the fleet.
	www.princeton.edu /~abraitis/glosdocs/usnphib.htm (1759 words)

	Naval Technology - Fire Scout VTUAV - Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
		Fire Scout has the ability to autonomously take-off from and land on any aviation-capable warship and also at unprepared landing zones close to the forward edge of the battle area (FEBA).
		Shipboard testing during August and September 2003, onboard Austin Class LPD (landing platform dock) USS Denver, included take-off and landings using the Common Automatic Recovery System and the Raytheon Tactical Control System.
		Fire Scout could relay data from other platforms such as airborne early warning aircraft or from other ships back to the battle command unit or to other strike platforms.
	www.naval-technology.com /projects/firescout (1111 words)

	San Francisco Fleet Week 2006
		LHDs transport and land ashore troops tanks, trucks, artillery, ammunition and supplies to support and sustain amphibious assault missions.
		USS DUBUQUE is the fifth AUSTIN-class (LPD 4) amphibious transport dock.
		This class of ship combines three functions: dock landing, attack personnel transport, and cargo handling.
	www.military.com /Content/MoreContent1/1,,fleetweek_Ships,00.html (1096 words)

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	Navy League of the United States - Citizens in Support of the Sea Services
		"The need to recapitalize the forceto replace late Cold-War assets with technologies, systems, and platforms attuned to 21st-century operational needs, while at the same time focusing on near-term readinesswas a requirement that we continually had in mind," he said in late December.
		Transforming concepts, organizations, doctrine, technology, networks, sensors, platforms, weapon systems, training, education, and our approach to people.
		The ability to continuously transform is at the heart of America's competitive advantage and a foundation of our strength.
	www.navyleague.org /sea_power/feb_03_31.php (2193 words)

	Program Executive Office Ships Homepage - Amphibous Ships
		The oldest of the class turned 39 in early 2004.
		The ships of the LPD 17 class are a key element of the Navy’s seabase transformation.
		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.
	peoships.crane.navy.mil /amphibs/amphibs_lpd.htm (355 words)

	LPD 4 Austin class - Navy Ships
		The LPD 4 Austin class of ship combines the functions of three different classes of ships; the landing ship (LSD), the tank landing ship (LST), and the attack cargo ship (LKA).
		The ships can carry one landing craft air cushion (LCAC), or one utility landing craft (LCU) boat, or four mechanized landing craft (LCU), and six CH-46 amphibious transport helicopters, or three CH-53 helicopters, and over 800 combat troops.
		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)

	Contracts - Modifications (defense procurement, defence acquisition, military purchasing) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Note that the USS Georgia's overhaul is part of her conversion from an SSBN nuclear missile submarine to an SSGN stealth strike platform.
		UPDATE: Negotiations to transfer the Austin Class LPD (Landing Platform, Dock) ship USS Trenton to India after its tour are heading toward their final stages.
		Carried on SSBN-726 Ohio Class submarines, The Trident II D-5 is the US Navy's submarine launched nuclear missile, with exceptional range for a sea-launched weapon and accuracy figures that rival or even exceed land-based ICBMs.
	www.defenseindustrydaily.com /contracts_modifications/?offset=70 (1799 words)

	Virtual Globetrotting: USS Ponce (LPD-15) Amphibious Transport Dock
		USS PONCE is the 12th and last ship in the AUSTIN - class of Amphibious Transport Docks.
		The contract to build the Ponce was awarded on May 17, 1965, the keel was laid on October 31, 1966 and she was launched on May 20, 1970.
		The landing platform dock ship compliment included a Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force (SPMAGTF) from Marine Corps bases in North Carolina.
	virtualglobetrotting.com /map/16098 (334 words)

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		From the time we landed at the Castries airport, the people in St. Lucia were unbelievably nice and accomodating.
		I recommend taking the “land and sea package.” We truly enjoyed being able to see St. Lucia’s interior and then returned by catamaran right to the resort, enjoying all the wonderful beaches along the way.
		The Dragonfly restaurant is first class with entrees and deserts to die for.
	www.hotelsuperportal.com /Reviews-250326.html (22107 words)

	Program Executive Office Ships - Amphibious Ships
		Dock Landing Ships support amphibious operations including landings via Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC), conventional landing craft and helicopters, onto hostile shores.
		The ship differs from the original LSD 41 by reducing its number of LCACs to two in favor of additional cargo capacity.
		Harpers Ferry Class (LSD) - USS Harpers Ferry (LSD 49) - USS Carter Hall (LSD 50) - USS Oak Hill (LSD 51) - USS Pearl Harbor (LSD 52)
	peoships.crane.navy.mil /amphibs/amphibs_lsd.htm (202 words)

	Defence Talk Forum - World Navies Listing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		32 SSK Romeo class (all to decommission by 2010)
		2 VLS launchers are thought to be installed in the platform in front of the bridge and 4 in the structure ahead of the helicopter landing platform.
		It is speculated that the Yuan class could well be the first Chinese submarine to be fitted with an operational AIP system, but this cannot be proved.
	www.defencetalk.com /forums/printthread.php?t=4026&pp=40 (4026 words)

	The Project Gutenberg eBook of The Red Thumb Mark, by R. Austin Freeman.
		Nevertheless it may happen that the book may serve a useful purpose in drawing attention to certain popular misapprehensions on the subject of finger-prints and their evidential value; misapprehensions the extent of which may be judged when we learn from the newspapers that several Continental commercial houses have actually substituted finger-prints for signed initials.
		Reuben was sent down to the docks at an early hour in the hope the ship might arrive in time for the stones to be lodged in the bank at once.
		By special favour of the authorities, Reuben was to be allowed to make his journey to Holloway in a cab, thus escaping the horrors of the filthy and verminous prison van, and while this was being procured, his friends were permitted to wish him farewell.
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	MILNET: U.S.S. Duluth (LPD-6) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		This "Austin-class" amphibious transport dock is an "all-purpose" ship which employs the "balanced load" concept.
		In addition it operates troop and cargo-carrying helicopters to project assault forces inland in support of the beachhead from the helicopter landing platform.
		The LPD combines the functions of four different classes of ships; the dock landing ship (LSD), the tank landing ship (LST), the attack transport (LPA), and the attack cargo ship (LKA).
	www.milnet.com /pentagon/duluth.htm (120 words)

	WHAT
		It is confirmed Indian Navy is eyeing the Austin class USS Trenton a LPD landing platform dock, is in the US Congressional list for approval to transfer to India on payment, while the USS Fletcher a Spruance is in the grants list for Pakistan.
		Six Avenger class mine hunters and a DSRV are also on offer and the Navy is seriously looking at the 6 P 3C Orion option.
		The US is also to begin supplying around 15 to 20 types of specialised equipment for the Army’s Special Forces units, including laser designators, helmets, body armour and a range of other classified gear.
	www.indiadefence.com /In-Us_defpart.htm (2322 words)

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