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Landing Helicopter Dock: Amphibious warfare ships with both an internal dock that can be flooded to allow smaller landing craft to swim out, as well as a flight deck for helicopters and STOVL aircraft; with more flight deck space than the current Landing Platform Dock ships [e]
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Parent topics
- Amphibious warfare [r]: Add brief definition or description
- United States Navy [r]: Branch of the U.S. armed forces] responsible for combat on, over, and under water. [e]
Subtopics
- Wasp-class [r]: The largest amphibious warfare ships in the United States Navy, which carry a Marine Expeditionary Unit and supporting aircraft [e]
- USS Wasp (LHD-1) [r]: A member of the largest amphibious warfare ship type in the United States Navy, a Wasp-class Landing Helicopter Dock assigned to Expeditionary Strike Group TWO, homeported at Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia [e]
- USS Essex (LHD-2) [r]: A Wasp-class Landing Helicopter Dock, the largest amphibious warfare ship type in the United States Navy; homeported at Sasebo, Japan and assigned to Expeditionary Strike Group TWO [e]
- USS Kearsarge (LHD-3) [r]: Of the largest amphibious warfare ship type in the United States Navy, a Wasp-class Landing Helicopter Dock; homeported at Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia and assigned to Expeditionary Strike Group TWO; launched aircraft in Operation Odyssey Dawn against Libya [e]
- USS Boxer (LHD-4) [r]: A United States Navy amphibious assault ship, homeported in San Diego, California; flagship of Task Force 151 in April 2009 [e]
- USS Bataan (LHD-5) [r]: An example of the largest amphibious warfare ship type in the United States Navy, a Wasp-class Landing Helicopter Dock assigned to Task Force 151 [e]
- USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD-6) [r]: An example of the largest amphibious warfare ship type in the United States Navy, a Wasp-class Landing Helicopter Dock homeported at San Diego, California [e]
- USS Iwo Jima (LHD-7) [r]: Homeported at Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia, a Wasp-class Landing Helicopter Dock, which is the largest amphibious warfare ship type in the United States Navy; assigned to Expeditionary Strike Group TWO [e]
- USS Makin Island (LHD-8) [r]: A United States Navy Landing Platform Helicopter homeported at San Diego, California; improved propulsion over other members of the Wasp-class [e]