Amphibious Assault Ships are the U.S. Navy’s largest of all amphibious warfare ships. They resemble a small aircraft carrier and are capable of operating with Vertical/Short Take-Off and Landing ...
The Navy’s amphibious fleet is in such a sorry state that half of the ships are declared to be in “poor condition” and not on track to serve for the entirety of their service lives. In addition, the ...
“Marine Corps documentation indicates that amphibious warfare ships have generally not met the Navy’s planned maintenance schedules dating back to 2010. Specifically, Marine Corps ...
Dismissed as irrelevant after World War II, the cruise ship industry ... America’s Wasp-class big-deck amphibious ships might have entered service in the 1990’s, but their landing craft ...