A landing helicopter dock is a multipurpose amphibious assault ship that is capable of operating both as a helicopter carrier and as a dock landing ship. LHD vessels are built with a full-length fligh
French ship Dixmude (L9015) in Jounieh bay, Lebanon 2012.
HMAS Canberra, a Canberra-class landing helicopter dock from the Royal Australian Navy.
USS Essex performing a stern gate mating with a landing craft.
The Canberra class is a ship class of two landing helicopter dock ships built for the Royal Australian Navy. Planning to upgrade the navy's amphibious fleet began in 2000, based on Australian experien
Landing helicopter dock
…class, French Navy's Mistral class and ships of the Spanish Navy's Juan Carlos I class including those designs based on the class, such as the RAN's Canberra class. Other nations also use the designation for their vessels, such as the Republic of Korea Navy for its Dokdo class. The Type 075 and Type 076 classes…
Adelaide at Pearl Harbor, July 2018
LHD Landing Craft L4408 (with a second LCC berthed behind it)
Canberra fitting out at Williamstown Dockyard in February 2014