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	Dock landing ship - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The United States Navy Dock Landing Ship (Navy hull classification LSD) was designed to support amphibious operations.
		These amphibious assault ships transport and launch amphibious craft and vehicles with their crews and embarked personnel.
		In the French Navy, the equivlant ships are known as "TCD"
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Dock_landing_ship (146 words)

	US Navy Landing Ship Dock
		United States Ship Rushmore (LSD-47) is the seventh ship of the LSD-41 Whidbey Island class and the fourth ship of that class to serve in the Pacific Fleet.
		The MM aboard ship serves in the capacity of operating and maintaining the main propulsion machinery; producing power that runs the generators; compressing air for shipboard use; distilling water for general consumption; manipulating the pumps which transfer water in the scores of ballast tanks; and last, but not least, handling the paperwork for engineering administration.
		While the ship is steaming in formation, the Radarmen plot courses and speeds of shipping in the area, work out tactical situations on a maneuvering plotting sheet, and have control of the tactical radiotelephone circuits which maneuvers the entire formation.
	www.usscabildo.org /lsds.html (4807 words)

	Belle Grove
		The ship supported the seizure of Kwajalein Atoll, delivering troops and equipment ashore on 31 January, and then served as a floating dry dock and boat pool for the numerous landing craft required in an amphibious operation.
		The tank landing ship fired at the latter's attackers and claimed hits “though not sufficient to divert the plane and prevent its crash-dive on Callaway.
		On 2 January 1954, the dock landing ship sailed for Pearl Harbor in preparation for Operation "Castle," a six-detonation atmospheric nuclear test slated to occur at Bikini and Eniwetok atolls in the Marshall Islands.
	www.history.navy.mil /danfs/b4/belle-grove-i.htm (4481 words)

	USS Anchor LSD-36
		In some cases, the dock landing ship herself participated in the exercises; in others, she simply provided transportation to the location of the exercise.
		As in the past, the dock landing ship participated in some, but not all, of the exercises to which she provided transportation for the marines.
		The dock landing ship interrupted her long voyage briefly at Sasebo, Japan, on 16 April to pick mail and then arrived at Pohang, Korea, on the 17th.
	www.navyhistory.com /Landing/Anchor.html (3542 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
		It was a dock landing ship (LSD 3) that earned six battle stars for service during World War II and five during the Vietnam War.
		Carter Hall is the tenth dock landing ship of the Whidbey Island Class, and the second of the Class built as a cargo variant.
		The primary mission of the dock landing ship is to project naval power ashore by transporting landing force elements and assault vehicles to an objective area and provide command, control, and communication in support of amphibious operations, "Forward...
	www.chinfo.navy.mil /navpalib/ships/amphibs/carterhall/commissi.txt (215 words)

	USS Alamo (LSD 33)
		En route, several ships of the squadron were diverted to the Caribbean in response to the Cuban crisis, and ALAMO was held in Hawaii on a standby basis.
		The ship finally reached San Diego on 11 May. Following a period of upkeep and training, she got underway for four weeks of operations in the Pacific Northwest with units of Amphibious Squadron 7 and Army Reserve units.
		The dock landing ship stayed in the Philippines through the end of the month, getting underway once between the 22nd and the 26th to carry out an amphibious landing exercise at Zambales.
	navysite.de /ships/lsd33.htm (4501 words)

	Military Matchups: ROC News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
		The Anchorage-class dock landing ship leased by the Republic of China Navy from the United States will be commissioned in early July, a navy officer said Tuesday.
		The ship, which was first commissioned by the US Navy in 1971, arrived in a navy base in southern Taiwan in early June.
		Anchorage-class ships, which are still in active service in the US Navy, are fast and have large troop transport capacities, two qualities that will greatly enhance the ROC Navy's amphibious operational strength, Huang added.
	www.emeraldesigns.com /matchup/roc_june.htm (1448 words)

	DefenseLINK News: NAVY COMMISSIONS DOCK LANDING SHIP PEARL HARBOR (LSD 52) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
		Pearl Harbor is the Navy's 4TH Harpers Ferry class dock landing ship, which is a "cargo variant" configuration of the Whidbey Island class, therefore providing additional space for Marine Corps equipment.
		Ships of this class are vital to the U.S. Navy's strategic doctrine of forward presence and rapid deployment of troops and heavy equipment to remote and distant shores, "Forward...
		Dock landing ships and LCAC were successfully used in the rapid deployment
	www.fas.org /man/dod-101/sys/ship/docs/b05291998_b271-98.html (296 words)

	USS Anchorage Decommissioned
		Anchorage, the oldest dock landing ship in the Navy, was decommissioned Oct. 1 at Naval Base San Diego.
		USS Anchorage (LSD 36), the oldest dock landing ship in the Navy, was solemnly decommissioned and stricken from the active list after 34 years of service during a ceremony Oct. 1 at Naval Base San Diego.
		The ship’s commanding officer, Cmdr. Mark Cedrun, closed remarks after the ship’s colors was lowered for its last time and the commissioning pennant was struck, signaling an end to the ship’s active service.
	www.news.navy.mil /search/display.asp?story_id=9843 (546 words)

	Naval Technology - Bay Class Auxiliary Ship Alternative Landing Ship Logistic (ALSL)
		Four Bay Class Landing Ship Dock (Auxiliary) ships, LSD(A), are scheduled to enter service with the UK Royal Fleet Auxiliary by the end of 2007.
		The first wave of troops are landed by the LPDs, HMS Albion and Bulwark and by the LPH, HMS Ocean, to establish a beachhead and landing zone.
		A floodable dock capable of operating one LCU Mk 10 utility landing craft is installed in the stern.
	www.naval-technology.com /projects/bay_class (1053 words)

	informationsphere.com: Dock Landing Ship
		Description: Dock Landing Ships support amphibious operations including landings via Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC), conventional landing craft and helicopters, onto hostile shores.
		Background: These ships transport and launch amphibious craft and vehicles with their crews and embarked personnel in amphibious assault operations.
		The ship differs from the original LSD 41 by reducing its number of LCACs to two in favor of additional, cargo capacity.
	www.informationsphere.com /html/2787.htm (132 words)

	Whetstone
		The dock landing ship shuttled between Japan and Korean ports, frequenting Sasebo, Yokosuka, Wonsan, Inchon, Tokchokto, Nagoya, and the operating areas off the western coast of Korea through the summer of 1953 and the armistice that ended hostilities.
		After offloading at Hue, the dock landing ship shifted to Danang, where she soon commenced what was to become a six-week tour of duty as "boat haven" for Naval Support Activities (NavSuppAct), Danang, arriving on the last day of the month of March.
		Unfortunately, the proximity of yet another typhoon—"Judy"—caused the dock landing ship to put to sea on the 28th and 29th to evade the storm.
	www.history.navy.mil /danfs/w7/whetstone.htm (2615 words)

	LSD-36 Anchorage class - Navy Ships
		The ships are designed to transport and operate heavy landing craft from a large well deck, and have been modified for operations with the Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC).
		USS Mount Vernon was the first West Coast ship to be modified for operations with the Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC), used for transportation of personnel and equipment for amphibious operations.
		The ships' habitability features provide for the berthing, messing and cargo transportation of approximately 300 fully equipped combat troops of the landing force in addition to the 360 crew members assigned.
	www.fas.org /man/dod-101/sys/ship/lsd-36.htm (349 words)

	The Flagship
		The amphibious assault ship Nassau Amphibious Ready Group, including the dock landing ship Tortuga and amphibious transport dock Austin, returned to Hampton Roads from a 277-day deployment.
		Amphibious Task Force East, made up of the amphibious assault ships Bataan and Saipan, amphibious transport dock Ponce, dock landing ships Ashland and Gunston Hall also returned in June, as well as the Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek-based rescue and salvage ship Grapple and the joint command and control ship Mount Whitney.
		The amphibious assault ship Kearsarge was part of Amphibious Task Force East and was scheduled to return in June, however, it was diverted to the West Coast of Africa to support Operation Shining Express, to aid in the potential evacuation of U.S. citizens from Liberia, a nation in the grip of a civil war.
	www.flagshipnews.com /archives_2003/dec242003_7.shtml (296 words)

	Sail Baltimore
		Officially designated a Landing Ship Dock (LSD), her principal mission is amphibious warfare; i.e., rapidly moving Marines from sea to shore with boats and helicopters.
		Her 440 foot well deck is capable of holding four Landing Craft, Air Cushion (LCACs) vehicles; two helo spots able to simultaneously land and launch up to two CH-53E USMC helos; extensive boat and landing craft repair facilities; and troop berthing accommodations for up to 627 embarked personnel.
		KINGSTON and her sister ships are unique to the Canadian navy in that the crew of up to 36 consists primarily of reservists.
	www.sailbaltimore.org /00ships.htm (1375 words)

	110: Aviation Capable Ships Fundamentals
		These ships are able to embark, deploy, and land a Marine battalion landing team by helicopters, landing craft, amphibious vehicles, and combinations of these methods.
		They are primary landing ships, resembling small aircraft carriers, designed to put troops on hostile shores.
		Dock Landing Ships support amphibious operations including landings via Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC), conventional landing craft and helicopters, onto hostile shores.
	members.tripod.com /~Motomom/110ShipsC (673 words)

	Marine Corps Times - News - More News.
		The two ships leave on the tail of four amphibious ships that left Norfolk the previous day, and all will join two others already in the region.
		The amphibious assault ship Bataan is already operating about 100 miles south of New Orleans and serving as a floating helicopter search-and-rescue base.
		The ships “will remain on station for as long as necessary to provide important humanitarian assistance to the U.S. gulf coast in the aftermath of Katrina,” 2nd Fleet said.
	www.marinecorpstimes.com /story.php?f=1-292925-1072860.php (494 words)

	MURKOWSKI: NAVY AT HER REQUEST TO NAME NEW AMPHIBIOUS TRANSPORT DOCK SHIP AFTER ANCHORAGE, STATE’S L (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
		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.
		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.
		The ship will be equipped with two Bushmaster II 30 mm close in guns, fore and aft, and two Rolling Airframe Missile launchers fore and aft.
	murkowski.senate.gov /pressapp/record.cfm?id=225328 (684 words)

	USS Thomaston LSD-28 Links
		I cannot recall right now what the ship's name originally was, Ill look in my books, but it was built in 1945, and until today on active duty.
		After having completed nearly 50 years of service life, the ship was the last 2 years in a desolate condition with no spare parts for most of its devices and corrosion as much as 2/3 of wall thickness.
		The ship is to be stored either in Salamis or Crete naval stations and sold as scrap later on.
	www.ussthomaston.com /links.html (169 words)

	USS Whetstone (LSD-27)
		For that evolution, the dock landing shipdeparted Yokosuka on 14 August and reached Haiphong on the 22d.
		After offloading at Hue, the dock landing ship shifted to Danang, where she soon commenced what was to become a six-week tour of duty as "boat haven" forNaval Support Activities (NavSuppAct), Danang, arriving on the last day of the month of March.
		Following her return toSan Diego on 2 September, the dock landing ship completed the remainder of her refresher and amphibious training and prepared for her WestPac deployment date of 31 October 1967.
	www.zianet.com /jworman/lsd27.html (2660 words)

	Additional Ships Headed to U.S. Gulf Coast
		The dock landing ship USS Whidbey Island (LSD 41) is shown.
		The Navy is working to meet local and state requirements forwarded to the U.S. Northern Command through the Department of Defense from state governors and FEMA federal coordinators.
		Truman and Whidbey Island will join five other Norfolk-based ships that are already at sea and will remain on station for as long as necessary to provide important humanitarian assistance to the U.S. Gulf Coast in the aftermath of Katrina.
	nyjtimes.com /cover/09-02-05-NFI/ShipsHeadedToUS-GulfCoast.htm (205 words)

	Landing Ship Dock Auxiliary (LSD(A)) - Armed Forces - Defence Suppliers Directory
		These ships were initially planned to undergo a Ship Life Extension Programme, but this was abandoned in favour of new-build ships.
		In the autumn 2002 the ALSL Bay Class Vessels adopted the new nomenclature of Landing Ship Dock Auxiliary, LSD(A). This change reflects the new number designation for the vessels "L3000" and meets NATO designation requirements for a vessel that has an integral dock.
		Four ships will be built, two by Swan Hunter (Tyneside) Ltd, and two by BAE Systems Govan, all to the Swan Hunter design. Swan Hunter provide lead yard services.
	www.armedforces.co.uk /projects/raq40ff9b312bea7 (433 words)

	Navy Matters \| LSD(A)
		The Bay-class Landing Ship Dock (Auxiliary) are a new class of landing ship logistic.
		The Alternative Landing Ship Logistic (ALSL) requirement was originally only for replacements for Sir Geraint and RFA Sir Percivale and budgeted at about £87 million ($140 million), but had to be increased to £138 million ($200 million) for two ships based upon these initial supplier responses.
		The cost of the two Swan Hunter ships was believed to have risen from an original £210 million to £309 million incurred so far, and the cost of the BAE ships had risen from £122 million to £187 million - largely because of problems associated with Swan Hunter.
	navy-matters.beedall.com /lsda.htm (4262 words)

	Pacific Fleet Online
		SAN BERNADINO STRAITS, Republic of the Philippines (Feb 18, 2006) -- The amphibious dock landing ship USS Harpers Ferry (LSD 49) transits the San Bernadino Straits en route to aid victims of the Feb. 17 mudslides on Leyte Island in the central Philippines.
		SUBIC BAY, Philippines (Feb 17, 2006) The amphibious dock landing ship USS Harpers Ferry (LSD 49) moored pierside while the amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2) is pushed by tugs.
		Harpers Ferry and the amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2) are conducting operations in support of humanitarian assistance and disaster relief efforts on the Island of Leyte, following the Feb. 17 landslide which devastated the town of Guinsahugon located in the southern part of the island.
	www.cpf.navy.mil /news_images/0602/060217a.htm (3430 words)

	Launch to Decom
		Unfortunately, the proximity of yet another typhoon--"Judy"--caused the dock landing ship to put to sea on the 28th and 29th to evade the storm.
		The dock landing ship then returned briefly to Hong Kong--the weather proved more favorable that time than previously--before she sailed for Danang to commence the last major assignment of that WestPac tour.
		USS Whetstone was assigned Primary Control Ship during each of these operations and controlled the combat landings across the beach for operation Bold Pursuit and for Red Beach during operation Defiant Stand.
	www.usswhetstone.net /history.htm (3010 words)

	Fort McHenry Arrives at NAB Little Creek (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
		Originally homeported at Fleet Activities Sasebo, Japan, Fort McHenry was part of a “hull swap” in April with the dock landing ship USS Tortuga (LSD 46).
		The hull swap was part of the Navy's long-range plan to routinely replace older ships assigned to the Navy's Forward Deployed Naval Force with newer or more capable ships.
		Hull swaps are conducted to maintain ship’s manning at current levels and work to minimize adverse impact on readiness and morale, and prevent the loss or turnover of qualified watch standers associated with a "traditional" homeport change.
	www.military.com /features/0,15240,104625,00.html?ESRC=navynews.RSS (397 words)

	ModelWarships review
		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.
		These ships can operate independently or as a unit of a force, as a flagship or individual ship unit in both air and/or surface assaults.
		The ships boxy superstructure is well represented with a fair amount of surface detail.
	www.modelwarships.com /reviews/ships/misc/amphib/700-tarawa/tarawa.html (590 words)

	Key Publishing Ltd Aviation Forums - New netherland dock-landing ship "Johan de Witt" L801
		Holland has a long and proud tradition with their navy (Historically, they have given the RN a good thrashing more than once) and as they have a large'ish merchant fleet for the size of country and are great traders they justify the navy that way.
		The role of the RFA/RN primary casualty reception vessels is interesting as the description is not purely one of semantics and they are not declared as hospital ships according to ICRC requirements to evade certain stipulations on utilisation, which again undermines the civilian claims of the Argus aside from her aviation support role.
		They had been built from day one with the ability to do ship to ship refuelling in case such a situation ever arose, and as a consequence were simply converted to the role in transit to the South Atlantic.
	forum.keypublishing.co.uk /showthread.php?t=57685 (2554 words)

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