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From: jwm@stdc.jhuapl.edu (Jim Meritt)
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Subject: Re: US Naval Craft Designations
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Date: 28 Apr 89 03:23:58 GMT
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From: jwm@stdc.jhuapl.edu (Jim Meritt)
}LPH:     Landing Platform Helicopter (mini-carrier)
}LSD:     No, not that.  Landing Ship Dock.
}LST:     Landing Ship Tank
}LCI:     Landing Craft Infantry
}LSMR:    Rocket-firing landing ship medium
}[LCU:	Landing Craft, Utility
}LCVP:	Landing Craft, Vehicle, Personnel
}LVT:	Landing Vehicle, Tracked ]

Add:

LHA	Amphibious Assault ship
(I was on commissioning crew for LHA-2)
LHD	Amphibious Assault, (dock)?  A modded LHA.
(just out)



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