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2. Ship-to-Shore Connector - Wikipedia

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   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]

3. Landing Craft Support - Wikipedia

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   The Landing Craft Support was designed to fill this void. The first Landing Craft Support ships arrived in the Pacific Theater in time for the landings at Iwo Jima. After providing close in support during the landings at Okinawa, many Landing Craft Support ships were placed on the radar picket stations as anti-aircraft platforms. When not on a ...

4. (NL)LCVP - Wikipedia

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   Also known as LCA type Mark I, LCA Mark I or L 9510 type Mk I. [3] [4] These landing crafts were made of polyester and built between 1961 and 1964 by several Dutch shipyards. [5] The polyester hull was built using the sandwich method that involved using layers of polyester. [ 6 ]

5. Maneuver Support Vessel (Light) - Wikipedia

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   Maneuver Support Vessel (Light) or MSV(L) is the US Army's replacement for the Vietnam-era Landing Craft Mechanized 8 (LCM-8 or “Mike Boat”) that had been in service since 1959. Characteristics [ edit ]

6. List of United States Navy amphibious warfare ships - Wikipedia

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   One major defect of the LPH concept was that these ships did not carry landing craft to disembark Marines when weather or hostile anti-aircraft systems grounded helicopters; only Inchon would be modified to carry two landing craft. In such situations the LPH would be reliant on landing craft supplied by other ships, which proved awkward in ...

7. LCVP (United States) - Wikipedia

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   The landing craft, vehicle, personnel (LCVP) or Higgins boat was a landing craft used extensively by the Allied forces in amphibious landings in World War II.Typically constructed from plywood, this shallow-draft, barge-like boat could ferry a roughly platoon-sized complement of 36 men to shore at 12 knots (14 mph; 22 km/h).