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BAmphibious assault ships
Amphibious assault ship with aircraft carrying capability
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Albion-class landing platform docklarger figure on 0 of 3
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Length
Single source176 m (577 ft)[source]
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| Specification | Albion-class landing platform dock | Wasp-class amphibious assault ship |
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| Name | Albion class[source] | Wasp class[source] |
| Builders | BAE Systems Marine[source] | Ingalls Shipbuilding[source] |
| Operators | Royal Navy Brazilian Navy[source] | United States Navy[source] |
| Preceded by | Fearless class[source] |
Wasp-class amphibious assault shiplarger figure on 3 of 3
Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.
843 ft (257 m)[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
Tarawa class[source] |
| Succeeded by | ATS-class amphibious warfare ship (planned)[source] | America class[source] |
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| Cost | £ 225 million per unit[source] | Roughly 2.28 billion in 2024 dollars[source] |
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| Built | — |
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| In commission | 2003–2025 (Royal Navy) 2026 (Brazilian Navy)[source] | 1989–present[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] | Two geared steam turbines, two shafts; Two General Electric LM2500 geared gas turbines , two shafts (USS Makin Island )[source] |
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| Boats & landing craft carried | 4 × LCU MK10 4 × LCVP MK5[source] | 3 Landing Craft Air Cushion or 2 Landing Craft Utility or 12 Landing Craft Mechanized[source] |
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| Capacity | 67 vehicles[source] | — |
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| Troops | 405 Royal Marines (710 overload)[source] | 1,687 troops (plus 184 surge) Marine Detachment[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] | 1 AN/SPS-49 2-D Air Search Radar 1 AN/SPS-48 3-D Air Search Radar 1 AN/SPS-67 Surface Search Radar 1 Mk23 Target Acquisition System (TAS) 1 AN/SPN-43 Marshalling Air Traffic Control Radar 1 AN/SPN-35 Air Traffic Control Radar 1 AN/URN-25 TACAN system 1 AN/UPX-24 Identification Friend Foe[source] |
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| Armament | 2 × 20mm Phalanx CIWS 2 × 20mm GAM-BO1 cannon 4 × General purpose machine guns[source] | 2 × RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile launchers 2 × RIM-7 Sea Sparrow missile launchers 3 × 20 mm Phalanx CIWS systems (LHD 5–8 with two) 4 × 25 mm Mk 38 Machine Gun Systems (LHD 5–8 with three) 4 × .50 BMG 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] |
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| Landing craft carried | 4 × LCU MK10 4 × LCVP MK5[source]Source-stated capacity; all configurations and qualifiers retained | 3 Landing Craft Air Cushion or 2 Landing Craft Utility or 12 Landing Craft Mechanized[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 troops (plus 184 surge) Marine Detachment[source]Source-stated capacity; all configurations and qualifiers retained |
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| Completed | — |
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| Retired | — |
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| Well deck dimensions | — | 266-by-50-foot (81 by 15.2 m) by 28-foot (8.5 m) high[source] |
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| Aircraft carried | — | Actual mix depends on the mission Standard Complement: 6 AV-8B Harrier II attack aircraft or 6 F-35B Lightning II stealth strike-fighters 4 AH-1W / Z Super Cobra / Viper attack helicopter 12 MV-22B Osprey assault support tiltrotor 4 CH-53E Super Stallion heavy-lift helicopters 3–4 UH-1Y Venom utility helicopters Assault: 22+ MV-22B Osprey assault support tiltrotor Sea Control: 20 AV-8B Harrier II attack aircraft or 20 F-35B Lightning II stealth strike-fighters 6 SH-60F / HH-60H ASW helicopters[source] |
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