LHD 8 is the first U.S. Navy amphibious assault ship to employ gas turbines vice steam boilers, and the first Navy surface ship to be equipped with both gas turbines and an Auxiliary Propulsion ...

From ship to shore to objective, no equipment better defines the distinction and purpose of Marine Corps expeditionary capabilities than the AAV-7 Amphibious Assault Vehicle. Designed to assault ...

The USS Kearsarge Amphibious Assault Ship carries 2,000 Marines to and from their missions along with their equipment and weapons. More from Military & Defense The USS Kearsarge Amphibious Assault ...

Albion and Bulwark are the Navy's only amphibious assault ships, designed to land ... “MRSS [multi-role support ship] is intended to fill the gap – but will be at least eight to nine years ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Sailors aboard the amphibious assault ship, the USS Bataan, conducted an exercise in which they fired upon a large inflatable target, nicknamed "killer tomato." ...

The U.S. Navy's newest Wasp Class multipurpose amphibious assault ship was commissioned USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) during ceremonies October 16, 1993 at Ingalls Shipbuilding division of Litton in ...

MURMANSK, February 19. /TASS/. The Russian Northern Fleet’s large amphibious assault ship Alexander Otrakovsky has completed accomplishing missions as part of Russia’s permanent Mediterranean ...

The Project 11711 large amphibious assault lead ship Ivan Gren was laid down at the Yantar Shipyard in Kaliningrad in December 2004 and put afloat in May 2012. It was accepted for service in the ...

China's new barges can transport military equipment across treacherous landing sites. This asset would be critical in a ...

Ryan Chan is a Newsweek reporter based in Hong Kong, where he previously had over a decade of experience at a local newspaper, covering China and current events around the world. His focus is on ...