Joint support ship
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A joint support ship is a multi-role naval vessel capable of launching and supporting joint amphibious and airlift operations. It can also provide command and control, sealift and seabasing, underway
HMS Fearless, which entered service in 1965
HMAS Kanimbla, which served as a command and control ship during the 2003 invasion of Iraq
Apollo 13 command module Odyssey being recovered on to USS Iwo Jima
USS Iwo Jima in New Orleans providing disaster relief after Hurricane Katrina in 2005
HNLMS Karel Doorman (A833)
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HNLMS Karel Doorman is a multi-function support ship for amphibious operations of the Royal Netherlands Navy, which is also used by the German Navy. The ship replaced both of the navy's replenishment
Joint support ship
…second vessel in 2025. Those dates were each reported in 2022 to have slipped by a further two years. The Royal Netherlands Navy operates a single JSS, HNLMS Karel Doorman, which officially entered service in 2015 and replaced both of that force's existing replenishment oilers, HNLMS Zuiderkruis and HNLMS Amsterdam. The…
Karel Doorman at Rotterdam in September 2017
Last section being placed
Construction of bow
Construction of stern