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The Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) is a class of air-cushioned landing craft used by the United States Navy and the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF). They transport weapons systems, equipment, cargo and personnel from ship to shore and across the beach. It is to be replaced in US service by the Ship-to-Shore Connector (SSC).
The Ship-to-Shore Connector (SSC), also known as the LCAC 100 class, [6] is a system proposed by the United States Navy as a replacement for the Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC). [7] It will offer an increased capacity to cope with the growing weight of equipment used by the United States Army and Marine Corps. [5]
Royal Marines LCAC(L) The Landing Craft Air Cushion (Light), or LCAC(L), is a small amphibious hovercraft able to transverse both land and water. Like all amphibious landing craft in the Royal Navy, they were operated by the Royal Marines to transport troops or equipment from ship to shore during an amphibious landing.
A USN LCAC at Camp Pendleton. An air-cushioned landing craft, also called an LCAC (landing craft, air cushioned), is a modern variation on the amphibious landing boat.The majority of these craft are small- to mid-sized multi-purpose hovercraft, also known as "over the beach" ("OTB") craft.
The Wasp-class is a class of landing helicopter dock (LHD) amphibious assault ships operated by the United States Navy.Based on the Tarawa class, with modifications to operate more advanced aircraft and landing craft, the Wasp-class is capable of transporting almost the full strength of a United States Marine Corps Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), and landing them in hostile territory via ...
A hovercraft (pl.: hovercraft [1]), also known as an air-cushion vehicle or ACV, [2] is an amphibious craft capable of travelling over land, water, mud, ice, and various other surfaces. Hovercraft use blowers to produce a large volume of air below the hull, or air cushion, that is slightly above atmospheric pressure. The pressure difference ...
Introduced to fleet service in 1985, this class of ship features a large well deck for transporting United States Marine Corps (USMC) vehicles and a large flight deck for landing helicopters or V-22 Ospreys. The well deck was designed to hold four LCAC hovercraft, five if the vehicle
A generic term for an air cushioned landing craft, taken from US Navy designation "Landing Craft, Air Cushion". Landing Craft Air Cushion, a US Navy hull classification symbol for the Landing Craft Air Cushion-class hovercraft; LCAC(L), a light assault hovercraft used by the Royal Navy and Marines