Navy amphibious ships
Subtitle: procurement and deployment
By: Timothy L. Roberts and Stephen Turner, editors
Series: Defense, security and strategies; American political, economic, and security issues
Publisher: Nova Science Publishers
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 151
ISBN-13: 9781619427358
Subjects: United States; Procurement; Amphibious assault ships; United States. Navy
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: An analysis of the Navy's amphibious warfare ships for deploying Marines overseas / Congressional Budget Office; title: Navy LPD-17 amphibious ship procurement: background, issues, and options for Congress / Ronald O'Rourke; title: Combined statement of Sean J. Stackley (Assistant Secretary of the Navy), Lieutenant General George J. Flynn (Deputy Commandant, Marine Corps) and Vice Admiral John Terence Black (Deputy Chief of Naval Operations). Hearing on "Amphibious Operations"; title: Amphibious Assault ships- LHA/LHD/LHA(R) / The United States Navy Fact Sheet; title: Amphibious Command ships - LCC / The United States Navy Fact Sheet; title: Amphibious transport dock - LPD / The United States Navy Fact Sheet; title: Dock landing ship - LSD / The United States Navy Fact Sheet; title: Landing craft, air cushioned - LCAC / The United States Navy Fact Sheet; title: Landing craft, mechanized and utility - LCM/LCU / The United States Navy Fact Sheet