San Giorgio-class amphibious transport dock
The San Giorgio class are amphibious transport docks (LPD) built by Fincantieri for the Italian Navy. These ships can carry a battalion of troops, and up to 36 armored vehicles. The stern floodable dock can accommodate three landing craft. The ships are based at the Brindisi naval base on the Adriatic coast.
San Marco underway in the Mediterranean Sea on 16 June 2016
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
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Image: USS America (LHA 6) and Sargento Aldea (LSDH 91) underway off Chile in August 2014