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General Aspects
An amphibious ship is understood as that
destined to carry out landing operations, sending men,
weapons and materials necessary for actions on land, directly
or using the means that it transports (landing craft and
helicopters).
The amphibious operations developed during the
Second World War were carried out under the tactical concept
of the availability of ships to carry a combat force and directly
situate it on the beach. After the Second World Cup war many
navies took over amphibious ships from the inventories of the
Royal Navy and especially of the US Navy.
An amphibious operation is a military operation
launched from the sea by naval and landing forces embarked in
ships or craft involving a landing on a hostile or potentially
hostile shore. An amphibious operation requires extensive air
participation and is characterized by closely integrated efforts
of forces trained, organized, and equipped for different combat
functions. The complexity of amphibious operations and the
vulnerability of forces engaged in these operations require an
exceptional degree of unity of effort and operational coherence.
In recent years many large and medium-sized
navies have included amphibious ships with broad multipurpose
capacities in their inventories, capable of carrying out tasks of a
military nature and in support for the civilian population in
cases of catastrophe or natural disaster. These are ships
with a displacement of between 8,000 and 40,000 tonnes at full
load, capable of operating for lengthy periods in waters far from
their base and are equipped with a capacity to operate landing
craft and helicopters and in some cases V/STOL aircraft.
The purpose of amphibious ships can be summarised as
follows : Lifts the armed forces and deploys them far from its
natural borders.
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Jalashwa of Indian Navy)
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Well Deck Of USS Boxer (LHD-4) and an LCU (Landing Craft Utility)
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Amphibious Crafts
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The versatile LCAC can traverse snow, marsh, ice, tundra and
sand. On land, it can traverse obstacles as high as four feet. On
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Other Vehicles
LIGHT AMPHIBIOUS RESUPPLY,
CARGO (LARC)
LARC-V Vehicle
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AMPHIBIOUS
(AAV)
ASSAULT
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VEHICLE
References
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US Navy - http://www.navy.mil
Wikipedia
http://www.military-today.com/
http://www.navsource.org/
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