Amphibious warfare ship
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An amphibious warfare ship is an amphibious vehicle warship employed to land and support ground forces, such as marines, on enemy territory during an amphibious assault.
Three US amphibious warfare ships – a landing helicopter dock leading a landing platform dock (rear) and a landing ship dock (fore)
Anzac Cove amphibious landing, on April 25, 1915.
A British X-lighter, 1916
A Russud-class landing self-propelled barge (the Russian designation is Bolinder class), 1919
Amphibious transport dock
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An amphibious transport dock, also called a landing platform dock, is an amphibious warfare ship, a warship that embarks, transports, and lands elements of a landing force for expeditionary warfare mi
Amphibious warfare ship
…An LSD has a helicopter deck. An LPD has a hangar in addition to the helicopter deck. An LHD or LHA has a full-length flight deck…
The interior configuration of the United States Navy's San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock shows features common to most LPDs
The well deck of HNLMS Rotterdam
Aviation hangar of the Rotterdam-class HNLMS Johan de Witt
Stern of USS Juneau ballasted for amphibious operations