Navy Amphibious Ships

Author : Norman Friedman
Publisher : US Naval Institute Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 724 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book U.S. Amphibious Ships and Craft written by Norman Friedman and published by US Naval Institute Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 724 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this latest addition to his acclaimed U.S. warship design history series, Norman Friedman describes the ships and the craft of the U.S. amphibious force, from its inception in the 1920s through World War II to the present. He explains how and why the United States successfully created an entirely new kind of fleet to fight and win such World War II battles as D-Day and the island landings in the Pacific. To an extent not previously documented, his book lays out the differing views and contributions of the U.S. Army, Navy, and Marines as well as the British, and how they affected the development of prewar and wartime amphibious forces. Current and future amphibious forces and tactics are explained, together with their implications for ships and craft, from 40,000-ton amphibious carriers down to tracked amphibious vehicles.As in earlier volumes in the series, this study uses previously unpublished sources to illustrate not only what was actually built but what was planned and never brought into service. For example, the book offers the first comprehensive and fully illustrated account of abortive attempts in the 1960s and beyond to build new fire support ships (LFS). With nearly two hundred photographs and specially commissioned line drawings and extensive appendixes, the work conveniently brings together details of the ships and their service histories found elsewhere only in scattered official references.

Author : Ronald O'Rourke
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
ISBN 13 : 143793885X
Total Pages : 51 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Navy LPD-17 Amphibious Ship Procurement written by Ronald O'Rourke and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2011-05 with total page 51 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Navy¿s FY 2011-2015 shipbuilding plan calls for procuring an 11th and final San Antonio (LPD-17) class amphibious ship in FY 2012. The Navy estimates the procurement cost of this ship at $2 billion. The ship received $184 million in FY 2010 advance procurement funding, and the Navy plans to request the remaining $1.9 billion of the cost in the FY 2012 budget. Accordingly, the Navy¿s proposed FY 2011 budget does not request any procurement funding for the LPD-17 program. Contents of this report: (1) Intro.; (2) Amphibious Ships in General; LPD-17 Program; (3) Issues for Congress. Appendix A. Amphibious Lift Goal; Appendix B. LPD-17 Cost Growth and Construction Problems. Illus. This is a print on demand report.

Author : United States. Navy Department. Office of Information
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 64 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ships, Aircraft, and Weapons of the United States Navy written by United States. Navy Department. Office of Information and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Ron MacKay, Jr.
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476623287
Total Pages : 353 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The U.S. Navy's "Interim" LSM(R)s in World War II written by Ron MacKay, Jr. and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2016-05-03 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The "Interim" LSM(R) or Landing Ship, Medium (Rocket) was a revolutionary development in rocket warfare in World War II and the U.S. Navy's first true rocket ship. An entirely new class of commissioned warship and the forerunners of today's missile-firing naval combatants, these ships began as improvised conversions of conventional amphibious landing craft in South Carolina's Charleston Navy Yard during late 1944. They were rushed to the Pacific Theatre to support the U.S. Army and Marines with heavy rocket bombardments that devastated Japanese forces on Okinawa in 1945. Their primary mission was to deliver maximum firepower to enemy targets ashore. Yet LSM(R)s also repulsed explosive Japanese speed boats, rescued crippled warships, recovered hundreds of survivors at sea and were deployed as antisubmarine hunter-killers. Casualties were staggering: enemy gunfire blasted one, while kamikaze attacks sank three, crippled a fourth and grazed two more. This book provides a comprehensive operational history of the Navy's 12 original "Interim" LSM(R)s.

Author : United States. Navy Department
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 60 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ships, Aircraft, and Weapons of the United States Navy written by United States. Navy Department and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
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Download or read book Søren Rosberg written by and published by . This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Publisher : Government Printing Office
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 80 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Future of the Navy's Amphibious and Maritime Prepositioning Forces written by and published by Government Printing Office. This book was released on with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : John Hamilton
Publisher : ABDO Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 1614801401
Total Pages : 34 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Amphibious Assault Ships written by John Hamilton and published by ABDO Publishing Company. This book was released on 2012-08-15 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Patrol the world's oceans in one of our nation's greatest military ships! Amphibious Assault Ships explores the history, capabilities, and technology of this modern marvel, including heroic sailors who have served on the ship. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. A&D Xtreme is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.

Author : Ronald O'Rourke
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781545108673
Total Pages : 26 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Navy Lxr Amphibious Ship Program written by Ronald O'Rourke and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-04-02 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The LX(R) program is a program to build a new class of 11 amphibious ships for the Navy. The Navy wants to procure the first LX(R) in FY2020. LX(R)s are to replace 12 aging Whidbey Island/Harpers Ferry (LSD-41/49) class amphibious ships, the first of which will reach age 40 in 2025. The design of the LX(R) is to be derived from the design of the Navy's San Antonio (LPD17) class amphibious ships, the 12th of which was procured in FY2016. The Navy's proposed FY2017 budget requests $6.4 million in research and development funding for the LX(R) program. Congress for FY2016 provided $29 million in additional research and development funding and $250 million in additional advance procurement (AP) funding to accelerate the procurement of the first LX(R) from FY2020 to an earlier year. Congress for FY2016 provided $29 million in additional research and development funding and $250 million in additional advance procurement (AP) funding to accelerate the procurement of the first LX(R) from FY2020 to an earlier year, so as to reduce the gap in time between the end of LPD-17 production and the start of LX(R) production. An issue for Congress for FY2017 is whether to further reduce the gap in time between the end of LPD-17 production and the start of LX(R) production by funding the procurement of a 13th LPD-17 class ship (i.e., LPD-29) in FY2018; and/or further accelerating the start of LX(R) production by providing additional LX(R) research and development funding and/or additional advance procurement (AP) funding.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 24 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Operational Maneuver from the Sea written by and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: