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BAmphibious assault ships
Amphibious assault ship with aircraft carrying capability
At a glance
Albion-class landing platform dock
Measured figures
Length
Single source176 m (577 ft)[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | Albion-class landing platform dock | America-class amphibious assault ship |
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| Power | 2 × Wärtsilä Vasa 16V 32E diesel generators 2 × Wärtsilä Vasa 4R 32E diesel generators[source] | Two gas turbines , two shafts, with 70,000 bhp (52,000 kW) total; Two 5,000 hp (3,700 kW) auxiliary propulsion engines[source] |
| Name | Albion class[source] | — |
| Builders | BAE Systems Marine[source] | Huntington Ingalls Industries Ingalls Shipbuilding Division[source] |
| Operators | Royal Navy Brazilian Navy[source] |
America-class amphibious assault shiplarger figure on 2 of 2
Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.
844 ft (257 m)[source]
Range
Single source8,000 miles (7,000 nmi; 13,000 km)[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
United States Navy[source] |
| Preceded by | Fearless class[source] | Wasp class[source] |
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| Succeeded by | ATS-class amphibious warfare ship (planned)[source] | — |
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| Cost | £ 225 million per unit[source] | US$10.094 billion – initial program cost for 3 ships ($3.4B/unit FY15)[source] |
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| Built | 2008–[source] |
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| In commission | 2003–2025 (Royal Navy) 2026 (Brazilian Navy)[source] | 2014–[source] |
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| Active |
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| Type | Landing platform dock[source] | Amphibious assault ship with aircraft carrying capability[source] |
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| Propulsion | GE power conversion full electric propulsion system, 2 × motors and drives Bow thruster[source] | — |
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| Boats & landing craft carried | 4 × LCU MK10 4 × LCVP MK5[source] | — |
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| Capacity | 67 vehicles[source] | — |
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| Troops | 405 Royal Marines (710 overload)[source] | — |
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| Sensors & processing systems | 2 × Type 1007/8 I-band radars 1 × Type 996 E/F band radar 1 × Type 997 E/F-band radar (from 2011)[source] | AN/SPS-49 2-D Air Search Radar AN/SPS-48 G 3-D Air Search Radar AN/SPQ-9 B Surface Search Radar AN/USG-2 Cooperative Engagement Capability (CEC) SSDS MK2[source] |
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| Armament | 2 × 20mm Phalanx CIWS 2 × 20mm GAM-BO1 cannon 4 × General purpose machine guns[source] | 2 × Rolling Airframe Missile launchers 2 × Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile launchers 2 × Phalanx CIWS 3 × Mk 38 Machine Gun Systems 7 × dual .50 caliber machine guns[source] |
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| Aviation facilities | Two landing spots for helicopters up-to the size of a Chinook .[source] | Hangar deck[source] |
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| Country of origin | United Kingdom[source] | United States[source] United States[source] |
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| Landing craft carried | 4 × LCU MK10 4 × LCVP MK5[source]Source-stated capacity; all configurations and qualifiers retained | — |
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| Troop capacity | 405 Royal Marines (710 overload)[source]Source-stated capacity; all configurations and qualifiers retained | 1,687 Marines[source]Marines in the sourced complement, separate from Navy officers and enlisted crew |
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| Planned | — | 11[source] |
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| Building | — |
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| Completed | — |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys | — | AN/SLQ-32B(V)2 2 × Mk53 Nulka decoy launchers[source] |
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| Aircraft carried | — | AV-8B Harrier II F-35B Lightning II MV-22B Osprey CH-53E Super Stallion or CH-53K King Stallion UH-1Y Venom AH-1Z Viper MH-60S Knighthawk[source] |
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