Federal law requires the Navy to include at least 31 operational amphibious warfare ships, consisting of at least 10 LHA/LHD-type "big-deck" vessels, with the remaining ships to be LPD/LSD-type.

ships in the Navy's amphibious warfare fleet include two (LHA) amphibious assault ships, seven (LHD) amphibious assault ships, 13 (LPD) amphibious transport dock ships and 10 (LSD) dock landing ships.

Information Professional (IP) restricted line officers are going to sea as Communications Officers (COMMO) on destroyers (DDG), cruisers (CG), and amphibious dock landing (LSD) ships in a program ...

This system will permit U.S. Navy LSD-41 class and all other Ship Self-Defense System (SSDS) equipped ships to successfully defend against existing and future anti-ship missiles.

HII begins fabrication of the U.S. Navy's LPD 32, marking the start of ... Philadelphia (LPD 32) will replace the Whidbey Island (LSD 41) and Harpers Ferry (LSD 49) classes of dock landing ships.

PORT KLANG, March 3 (Bernama) -- The South Korean Navy’s landing ship, Cheonjabong, made a port call here on Monday, to ...