Tarawa Class: Builder: Ingalls Shipbuilding Service ... Landing/Attack Craft: 4 LCUs or 2 LCUs and 1 LCAC. Amphibious Assault Ships are the U.S. Navy’s largest of all amphibious warfare ships.

The Navy’s America-Class landing helicopter assault (LHA) type amphibious assault ships were designed to replace the earlier Tarawa class and based on the last ship of the Wasp-class- USS Makin ...

House China Committee Chair Says The ship also features "arrester technology" that Chinese researchers boast will allow fighter jets to land on its deck, similar to an aircraft carrier. China launched ...