13.01.2022, 10:16
Zitat:Huntington Ingalls launches San Antonio-class Richard M. McCool Jr.https://www.navyrecognition.com/index.ph...ol-jr.html
According to a press release published by Huntington Ingalls Industries on January 10, 2021, the firm announced the successful launch of amphibious transport dock Richard M. McCool Jr. (LPD 29). [...] Richard M. McCool Jr., the 13th LPD in the San Antonio class of amphibious assault force ships, will support U.S. amphibious assault, special operations, and expeditionary warfare missions through the first half of the 21st century. [...]
Ingalls Shipbuilding is building the entire San Antonio class of ships, the newest addition to the Navy’s 21st-century amphibious assault force. The 684-foot-long, 105-foot-wide ships that displace 25,000 tons are used to embark and land Marines, their equipment and supplies ashore via air cushion or conventional landing craft and amphibious assault vehicles, augmented by helicopters or vertical takeoff and landing aircraft such as the MV-22 Osprey.
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