landing craft

  1. Grey Havoc

    High Speed Landing Craft (JSDF)

    https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2025/02/bmt-and-jmu-awarded-landing-craft-contract-by-japans-atla/ Not sure if this planned new class will be operated by the recently established Japan Self-Defense Forces (JSDF) Maritime Transport Group triservice unit or by the JMSDF. This article from...
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    • 2020s atla bmt bmt group ltd cold war ii japan japan marine united japan maritime self-defense force japanese maritime self-defense force jmsdf jsdf landing craft united kingdom
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    • Forum: Secret Naval Projects
  2. Y

    Warship Classification/Designation Discussion

    My working hypothesis is that the first two letters define the numbering series, and subsequent ones modify the first two. This is broken by DDGs and FFGs not falling into the DD and FF sequences, but otherwise it holds up reasonably well. Within submarines, there were the short-lived SC, SF...
    • Yellow Palace
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    • cruiser destroyer frigate landing craft landing platform dock landing platform helicopter lph patrol vessel
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    • Forum: Secret Naval Projects
  3. Hood

    1987 Netherlands LST

    In 1987 the Royal Netherlands Navy began studying an 8,000 ton LST for the 1993-97 construction programme which would have the capacity to carry 600 Marines. This pre-dates the LSD effort which began in 1990 which resulted in the Rotterdam-class. These have a capacity for 600 troops but offer...
    • Hood
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    • amphibious warfare vessel cold war kingdom of denmark kingdom of the netherlands landing craft late 1980s north atlantic treaty organisation royal netherlands navy tank
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: Secret Naval Projects
  4. Petrus

    Australian Landing Ship Medium Mk. II

    At http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landing_Ship_Medium_Mk_II there is an article on an abortive Australian landing ship project. It says nothing however about the dimensions etc. of the ship as well as it contains no images. Does anyone here know more on this project? Any info, esp. regarding the...
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    • amphibious warfare vessel australian army british commonwealth cold war commonwealth of australia early 1970s great britain heavy landing ship landing craft late 1960s royal australian engineers royal australian navy
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    • Forum: Secret Naval Projects
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    PACSCAT (Partial Air Cushion Supported CATamaran)

  6. Triton

    US Navy Power Augmented Ram Landing Craft (PARLC)

    The Power Augmented Ram Landing Craft (PARLC) was a landing craft concept combining surface effect ship and power-augmented-ram technology into one vehicle. First proposed in FY 1979 at the David L Taylor Ship Research and Development Center, the landing craft was projected to carry 120 tons of...
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    Russian landing boat [ship] "Serna" project 11770

    Hi I'm looking for information about "Serna" - russian project "11770" Thanks
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