Landing/Attack Craft: 4 LCUs or 2 LCUs and 1 LCAC ... USS Saipan (LHA 2) in April 2007 and USS Tarawa (LHA 1) in March 2009 and USS Nassau (LHA 4) in March 2011. Amphibious warships are designed ...

The lessons of Tarawa were written into bills authorizing more landing craft, which were rushed through Congress last week. The Navy’s landing-craft program now totals 80,000, from the huge (450 ...

The USS Tarawa (Tarawa class ... amphibious vehicles, and various landing craft could depart directly from the ship's interior. Five ships of this type were built. The USS Dubuque (Austin class ...