Analysis of Amphibious Ship Lift Capability.

Abstract

Amphibious ship lift is crucial in supporting operations of Marine Air Ground Task Forces (MAGTF) for a wide range of conflicts. This thesis examines three different aspects of amphibious ship lift capability. First, gross lift capabilities of all amphibious ships in the Navy today are determined. Since some storage space on board a ship is required for access, tie-downs, and other considerations, the second step of this thesis is to use historical load-out data from six-month deployments to derive expected net lift capability from gross lift capability. A three-ship Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) is traditionally required to support a six-month MAGTh deployment. 'The final part of this thesis utilizes a linear program to determine specific ship combinations that optimize ARG lift capability for both the Pacific and Atlantic Fleets.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1998
Accession Number
ADA352944

Entities

People

  • Eric D. Williams

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Amphibious Operations
  • Amphibious Ships
  • Amphibious Vehicles
  • Analysis Of Variance
  • Boats
  • Deployment
  • Flight Decks
  • Landing Craft
  • Landing Forces
  • Linear Programming
  • Mathematical Programming
  • Naval Operations
  • Navy
  • Operations Research
  • Ships
  • Vehicles

Readers

  • Logistics and Supply Chain Management.
  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.
  • Maritime and Naval Warfare Studies

Technology Areas

  • Space