By taking on water the ship can lower its stern, flooding the well deck and allowing boats, amphibious vehicles and landing craft to dock within the ship. In the United States Navy, this is …

In modern amphibious warfare usage, a well dock or well deck, officially termed a wet well during U.S. Navy instruction when the well deck is flooded for operations, [1] is a hangar-like deck …

Before he became the Under Secretary of the Navy, Robert O. Work also brought into question the usefulness of an amphibious warfare ship without a well deck. The concept of the landing …

Key differences between LHA 6 and the LHD class ships include an enlarged hangar deck, enhanced aviation maintenance facilities, increased aviation fuel capacity, additional aviation …

2021年4月15日 · LHA 8 will be the first Flight 1 ship, reincorporating a well deck to enhance expeditionary war fighting capabilities while maintaining the principal aviation characteristics of …

The LPD-4 has a large flight deck and a well deck and is designed to transport, launch and control embarked helicopters and amphibious assault vehicles and other waterborne craft.

2014年10月11日 · The largest of all amphibious warfare ships, modern U.S. Navy amphibious assault ships, also referred to as big decks, resemble small aircraft carriers. These ships must …

The ships feature a 440-foot well deck capable of holding four LCACs, a flight deck able to land and launch up to two CH-53E helicopters, the Navy’s latest diesel propulsion and engineering …

Off the beach, landing craft is launched and recovered through the very large stern gate, which opens the well deck to the sea. The well deck is 267ft long, 50ft wide and is designed …

2014年1月18日 · The Navy has begun early design work, affordability studies and planning with industry partners for its third big-deck America-Class Amphibious Assault Ship, or LHA 8, …