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'''Landing Craft Support''' is a family of amphibious warfare vessels, originally designed for the United States Navy operations in the Pacific Theater. Two major types existed: Large and Medium, with British Fairmile Marine building their own iterations of the designs. Nearly all of these vessels survived until the end of World War Two, with many finding continued post-war use in both: military and civilian hands across the world. Nowadays, USS LCS(L)(3)-102 is open as a museum vessel in a town of Vallejo in California, United States. | '''Landing Craft Support''' is a family of amphibious warfare vessels, originally designed for the United States Navy operations in the Pacific Theater. Two major types existed: Large and Medium, with British Fairmile Marine building their own iterations of the designs. Nearly all of these vessels survived until the end of World War Two, with many finding continued post-war use in both: military and civilian hands across the world. Nowadays, USS LCS(L)(3)-102 is open as a museum vessel in a town of Vallejo in California, United States. | ||
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Latest revision as of 14:43, 27 September 2024
Contents
Description
Landing Craft Support is a family of amphibious warfare vessels, originally designed for the United States Navy operations in the Pacific Theater. Two major types existed: Large and Medium, with British Fairmile Marine building their own iterations of the designs. Nearly all of these vessels survived until the end of World War Two, with many finding continued post-war use in both: military and civilian hands across the world. Nowadays, USS LCS(L)(3)-102 is open as a museum vessel in a town of Vallejo in California, United States.
Vehicles
Rank III
Rank V
Armament comparison
This comparison is intended to offer a bird's eye view. For more detailed information, please, refer to the individual articles.
| Vessel | BR (RB) | 40 mm Bofors | High-calibre gun | 20 mm Oerlikon | 12.7 mm AN-M2 | 7.62 mm | Other | |
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LCS(L)(3) | 3.7 | 2 x 2 | 1 x 3-inch Mark 10 | 4 x 2 | |||
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Asagao (YTE-01) | 3.7 | 2 x 2 | 1 x 3-inch Mark 10 | 4 | 4 | 120 x 4.5-inch BBR Mk.7 (modification) | |
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Alano | 3.7 | 2 x 2 + 1 | 4 | 4 | |||
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LCM(6) Zippo | 2.3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 x Flamethrower | |
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Fairmile H LCS(L)(2) | 2.3 | 1 x 6pdr OQF Mk.V | 2 | 1 x 2 | 1 x Ordnance ML 4.2-inch mortar | ||
History
The Landing Craft Support (Large) were a special type of ship for naval landing support, armed with Cannons and Machineguns, and were used for landing battles during World War II, after World War II these were given to other nations and used as anti-submarine or coast guard.
The LCS (L) class is know as
- Yuri-class in Japan Service
- Alano-class in Italian Service
See also
- Landing Vehicle, Tracked
- Daihatsu-class Landing Craft
- Ka-Chi
- AF D3 (converted MF Typ A landing craft)
