USS Germantown (LSD-42)
Videos
USS Germantown is the second Whidbey Island-class dock landing ship in the United States Navy. She is the second navy ship named after the Revolutionary War Battle of Germantown.
USS Germantown (LSD-42)
Landing Craft Air Cushion
Videos
The Landing Craft Air Cushion is a class of air-cushioned landing craft used by the United States Navy and the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force. They transport weapons systems, equipment, cargo and p
USS Germantown (LSD-42)
…amphibious craft and vehicles loaded with embarked Marines in support of an amphibious assault. The ship was designed specifically to operate with Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) vessels. She has the largest capacity for these landing craft (four to five) of any US Navy amphibious platform. The navy ordered USS Germantown…
A US Navy LCAC maneuvers to enter the well deck of the amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge
An LCAC is delivering supplies to the citizens of Meulaboh, Indonesia after the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami.
US Navy sailors pilot an LCAC transporting U.S. Marines ashore.
Three LCACs conduct an amphibious assault exercise during Bright Star '09.