Universal landing ships of the "America" type - a type of universal landing ship of the US Navy .
| Universal landing ships of the type "America" | |
|---|---|
| English America-class amphibious assault ship | |
 USS America (LHA 6) after launch, June 4, 2012 | |
| Project | |
| A country |
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| Prior type | Wosp |
| Subsequent type | not |
| Scheduled | eleven |
| Built | one |
| Under construction | one |
| In the ranks | one |
| Main characteristics | |
| Displacement | 45,700 tons (full) [1] |
| Length | 257.3 m (largest) [1] |
| Width | 32.3 m (waterline) [1] |
| Engines | 2 gas turbines General Electric LM2500 + [1] |
| Power | 70 000 liters with. [one] |
| Mover | 2 propellers |
| Speed | more than 22 knots (maximum) [1] 20 knots (cruising) |
| Sailing range | 9500 nautical miles [1] |
| Crew | 1059 (including 65 officers) + 1687 soldiers and 184 naval sergeants. [one] |
| Armament | |
| Electronic weapons | AN / USG-2 Cooperative Engagement Capability (CEC) SSDS MK2 |
| Flak | 3 × 20 mm Mk15 Phalanx 7 × 12.7 mm machine guns [1] |
| Missile weapons | 2 SAMs Mk29 ESSM 2 SAM Mk49 RAM |
| Aviation group | 12 MV-22 , 6 F-35B , 4 ΑH-1Z , 4 ΜΗ-53 , 3 UH-1 or 22 F-35B [1] |
Content
Construction History
The development and construction of universal amphibious assault ships of the "America" type began to gradually replace the universal amphibious assault ships of the type "Tarava" and "Uosp" .
Ships are intended for the same purposes as the universal landing ships of the previous types - to ensure landing as part of an expeditionary detachment of the marine corps on unequipped coasts of the enemy, along with landing equipment and means of airborne support for landing - combat aircraft with shortened / vertical take-off F-35 JSF , MV-22 Osprey convertiplanes and the MH-53 Super Stallion transport and landing helicopters.
Due to numerous changes to the project and underfunding during the economic crisis, the lead ship of the project, USS America was launched only on June 4, 2012 (instead of 2010 according to the plan), and its commissioning is scheduled for 2014 (instead of 2012). The first ship was accepted into the fleet on October 11, 2014 [2] .
Design
Landing ability
For the landing of the expeditionary battalion of the marine corps are used:
- 2 landing boats LCU or
- 3 LCAC hovercraft or
- 6 landing craft LCM-8 Landing Craft, Mechanized
- 40 floating armored personnel carriers of the marine corps AAV7 (in the normal configuration) or 61 (in the maximum).
On the ships of the first series (Flight 0), however, there is no docking chamber for the above landing facilities; additional hangar rooms and workshops are located in its place.
Ships planned for construction [3]
| Title | Series | order date | Case Bookmark Date | Ship launch date | Joining the fleet | Fleet Departure Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| USS America (LHA 6) | Flight 0 | June 1, 2007 | July 17, 2009 | June 4, 2012 | October 11, 2014 [2] | 2048 (plan) |
| USS Tripoli (LHA 7) | Flight 0 | May 31, 2012 | June 22, 2014 [4] | May 1, 2017 | 2018 (plan) 2017 (plan) | 2052 (plan) |
| USS Bougainville (LHA 8) | Flight 1 | June 30, 2016 | 2015 (plan) | 2017 (plan) | 2019 (plan) | 2054 (plan) |
| USS Saipan (LHA 9) | Flight 1 | 2017 (plan) | 2019 (plan) | 2021 (plan) | 2021 (plan) | 2056 (plan) |
| USS Belleau Wood (LHA 10) | Flight 1 | 2022 (plan) | 2023 (plan) | 2025 (plan) | 2025 (plan) | 2060 (plan) |
| USS Nassau (LHA 11) | Flight 2 | 2024 (plan) | 2026 (plan) | 2028 (plan) | 2028 (plan) | 2064 (plan) |
| USS Peleiu (LHA 12) | Flight 2 | 2028 (plan) | 2029 (plan) | 2031 (plan) | 2031 (plan) | 2066 (plan) |
| LHA 13 | Flight 2 | 2032 (plan) | 2033 (plan) | 2035 (plan) | 2035 (plan) | 2070 (plan) |
| LHA 14 | Flight 2 | 2036 (plan) | 2037 (plan) | 2039 (plan) | 2041 (plan) | 2076 (plan) |
| LHA 15 | Flight 2 | 2040 (plan) | 2041 (plan) | 2043 (plan) | 2046 (plan) | 2091 (plan) |
| LHA 16 | Flight 2 | 2044 (plan) | 2045 (plan) | 2047 (plan) | 2050 (plan) | 2095 (plan) |
| LHA 17 | Flight 2 | 2048 (plan) | 2049 (plan) | 2051 (plan) | 2054 (plan) | 2099 (plan) |