The following is the Jan. 23, 2025, Congressional Research Service report, Navy Medium Landing Ship (LSM) Program: Background ...

China may be building a new class of amphibious assault ships modeled upon or at least quite similar to the U.S. Navy’s fast-emerging America-class amphibious assault ship. The U.S. Navy’s ...

The American amphibious assault ship, USS America, can support flight operations by F-35B stealth fighter aircraft.

The Wasp-class LHDs are currently the largest amphibious ships in the world ... LHA 5 and LHDs 1-8 are in-service. LHA 6 (AMERICA) is planned for delivery to the Fleet in 2014.

In its annual survey of 219 member companies, the Amphibious Warfare Industrial Base Coalition (AWIBC) said that a majority ...

We now have a good look at the next LPD-17 San Antonio class amphibious warfare ship, the future USS Richard M. McCool Jr., which is the first to feature the new Enterprise Air Surveillance Radar ...

USS Travis Manion, an amphibious warship, pays tribute to the Silver Star recipient and carries on his legacy, Travis ...

CNS Luohe, the first ship of the Type 054B that has a hull number "545," was put into service at a military port in Qingdao, ...

It's bigger than the U.S. Navy's America-class amphibious assault ships, at least in dimension, if not in displacement weight. Most notable is the presence of a sophisticated catapult system ...

Additionally, in September 2024, the Navy awarded Ingalls a contract for the construction of three San Antonio Class Amphibious Transport Dock (LPD) ships (LPD 33, LPD 34, and LPD 35).

The U.S. Navy’s use of expendable Nulka decoys in combat has highlighted the need to expand the ability of its ships to ...