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U.S. Navy Photo by Photographer’s Mate 3rd Class Gregory Badger. · Public domain · Resized · Public domain · Source ↗ · Modified
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Anchorage-class dock landing shiplarger figure on 2 of 2
Foudre-class landing platform docklarger figure on 0 of 2
Measured figures
Length
Single source553 ft (169 m)[source]
oa
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | Anchorage-class dock landing ship | Foudre-class landing platform dock |
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| Operators | United States Navy Republic of China Navy[source] | French Navy Chilean Navy Brazilian Navy[source] |
| Preceded by | Thomaston -class dock landing ship[source] | Bougainville class[source] |
| Succeeded by | Whidbey Island -class dock landing ship[source] | Mistral class[source] |
| Built | 1967–1972[source] |
Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.
168.0 m (551 ft 2 in) oa[source]
2 × geared steam turbines 2 × boilers, 600 psi 2 shafts, 24,000 shp (18,000 kW) total[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
1986–1998[source] |
| In commission | 1969– Present[source] | — |
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| Completed |
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| Active | 1 (Taiwan)[source] |
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| Type | Dock landing ship[source] | Landing platform dock[source] |
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| Boats & landing craft carried | 3 × LCACs Or 3 × LCUs Or 9 × LCMs[source] | 10 CTMs[source] |
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| Troops | 330[source] | 470[source] |
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| Armament | 4 × twin 3"/50 caliber gun (removed in 1980) 2 × 20 mm Phalanx CIWS 2 × Mk-38 chain guns 4 × .50 cal machine guns[source] | 3 Simbad launcher systems for Mistral SAMs 3 × single 30 mm (1.2 in) Breda-Mauser guns 4 × single 12.7 mm (0.50 in) machine guns[source] |
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| Country of origin | United States[source] | France[source] |
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| Manufacturer | Ingalls Shipbuilding[source] | DCN Brest[source]Foudre class · Foudre L9011 original construction |
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| Landing craft carried | 3 × LCACs Or 3 × LCUs Or 9 × LCMs[source]Source-stated capacity; all configurations and qualifiers retained | 10 CTMs[source]Source-stated capacity; all configurations and qualifiers retained |
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| Troop capacity | 330[source]Source-stated capacity; all configurations and qualifiers retained | 470[source]Source-stated capacity; all configurations and qualifiers retained |
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| Name | — | Foudre class[source] |
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| Endurance | — | 30 days[source] |
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| Sensors & processing systems | — | 1 × DRBV-21A air/surface search radar 1 × Decca 2459 surface search radar[source] |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys | — | 1 × ARBB-36 jammer 1 × SLQ-25 Nixie decoy system[source] |
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| Aircraft carried | — | 4 × Super Puma EC225 or 2 × Aérospatiale SA 321 Super Frelon[source] |
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| Aviation facilities | — | 1,450 m 2 (15,600 sq ft) flight deck[source] |
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