The configuration presents the appearance of a logistic supply ship without the obvious display of force. The LSV-helicopter capable variant in service with the Philippine Navy provides concealed transport, deployment and retrieval of both helicopters and patrol boats.Īttack helicopters are concealed below a modular flight deck while patrol boats and intercept craft are behind the stern ramp. “The prime mission of the ship is the direct transport and discharge of liquid and dry cargo to shallow terminal areas.”
The ships can be computer linked to logistics files at military stock points, and can transport roll-on / roll-off and containerised cargo for unit deployment and relocation, tactical resupply and sustained resupply. The ships also provide a drive-through capability by mating the bow ramp to the neighbouring stern ramp in order to form a floating bridge. The prime mission of the ship is the direct transport and discharge of liquid and dry cargo to shallow terminal areas, to remote under-developed coastlines and on inland waterways. VT Marine have the capability to also produce the LSV in optional configurations to: house, feed, transport and deploy troops deploy and retrieve helicopters and patrol boats concealed below the flight deck train military personnel in seamanship partially submerge allowing at-sea loading and unloading of smaller vessels and civil / military inter-island transportation. Two further vessels have been built: the SSGT Robert T Kuroda (LSV 7), launched in 2003 and delivered in July 2005 and the MGEN Robert Smalls (LSV 8), launched in 2004 and delivered in June 2006.
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