Galicia-class landing platform dock
The Galicia class are two landing platform dock (LPD) ships in service with the Spanish Navy. Built by Navantia at Ferrol, their mission is to carry out amphibious warfare by transporting the bulk of the Infantería de Marina. These ships have both a large helicopter flight deck and a 885-square-metre (9,530 sq ft) well deck for large landing craft, as well as a 1,000-square-metre (11,000 sq ft) space for up to 33 main battle tanks.
Galicia near Santander in 2009
Castilla moored at Málaga in 2009
Galicia and Castilla moored at Naval Station Rota in 2008
Galicia moored at Naval Station Rota in 2012
Amphibious transport dock
An amphibious transport dock, also called a landing platform dock (LPD), is an amphibious warfare ship, a warship that embarks, transports, and lands elements of a landing force for expeditionary warfare missions. Several navies currently operate this kind of ship. The ships are generally designed to transport troops into a war zone by sea, primarily using landing craft, although invariably they also have the capability to operate transport helicopters.
The interior configuration of the United States Navy's San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock shows features common to most LPDs
Image: HMAS Choules FBE 2014
Image: Siroco toulon
Image: USS America (LHA 6) and Sargento Aldea (LSDH 91) underway off Chile in August 2014