Heavy Lift Army Landing Craft

Abstract

Landing craft are used to quickly transport cargo to areas where larger ships are unable to reach due to beach gradient limitations or lack of an adequate port. The current landing craft of the U.S. Army are limited by poor seakeeping capabilities and they operate at very low speeds, unloaded and fully loaded. The goal of the Heavy Lift Army Landing Craft (HLALC) project is to develop a concept design to replace existing Army landing craft such as the Landing Craft Utility (LCU) 2000. The HLALC will operate at a sustained speed of 25 kts while carrying a full load of 300 mt. The project proposes a Surface Effect Ship (SES) landing craft for its speed and seakeeping while maintaining a low draft and large deck area for payload. The HLALC is a rugged craft utilizing proven robust technologies with overall low maintenance.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 2010
Accession Number
ADA554333

Entities

People

  • Alton Luder Iii
  • Amir Abdelsalam
  • Andrea Shen
  • Doug Wohlenhaus

Organizations

  • Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Conditioning
  • Composite Materials
  • Deployment
  • Diesel Engines
  • Engineers
  • Gases
  • Generators
  • Intact Stability
  • Landing Craft
  • Lift Fans
  • Maintenance
  • Materials
  • Propulsion Systems
  • Ship Design
  • Ships
  • Surface Effect Ships
  • Vehicles

Readers

  • Distributed Systems and Data Platform Development
  • Logistics and Supply Chain Management.
  • Marine Hydrodynamics