The Navy is seeking to accelerate delivery of a new, multi-mission amphibious assault ship designed to function in a modern threat environment, conduct a wider range of missions than the ship it is replacing, and help the service increase the lagging number of amphibs in the force, senior service officials said at the 30th Surface Navy Association’s National Symposium in Virginia.
Arm it, too, and we will have something.
I made my case for armed transports (APDs) capable of carrying up to a Marine company team for independent or disaggreagated operations here (behind firewall, I'm afraid).
The first step is to convert Perry frigate hulls for the job and possibly to make modules for the LCS, too, to test the concept that was widely used in World War II.
