Austin-class amphibious transport dock vs Dokdo-class amphibious assault ship

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AAmphibious assault ships

Austin-class amphibious transport dock

Amphibious transport dock

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Dokdo-class amphibious assault ship

Landing platform helicopter

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At a glance

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Length comparisonOne shared metre scale

Austin-class amphibious transport docko/a

173 m

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Dokdo-class amphibious assault shipLength

199 m

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173mo/a

199m

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173 m

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167 m

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Configuration

Details

Austin-class amphibious transport dock and Dokdo-class amphibious assault ship configuration
Specification	Austin-class amphibious transport dock	Dokdo-class amphibious assault ship
Displacement	9,201 tons (light) 16,914 tons (full)^[source]	14,300 tons (empty) / 19,500 tons (full)^[source]
Power	2 × boilers, 2 × steam turbines, 2 × shafts, 24,000 shp (18,000 kW)^[source]	4 SEMT Pielstick 16 PC2.5 STC marine diesel engine 24 MW (32,000 shp )^[source]
Name	Austin class^[source]	Dokdo class^[source]
Builders	New York Naval Shipyard , Ingalls , Lockheed

Operators	United States Navy Indian Navy^[source]	Republic of Korea Navy^[source]

Preceded by	Raleigh class^[source]	—

Succeeded by	San Antonio class^[source]	CVX (Planned)^[source]

Cost	US$235–419 million per unit^[source]	KRW 325,770,000,000 (2005) US$ 285 million^[source]

In commission	1965–2017 (U.S.)^[source]	—

Planned	13^[source]	2^[source]

Completed	12^[source]	2^[source]

Canceled	1^[source]	—

Active	1 (with India )^[source]	2^[source]

Retired	11^[source]	—

Type	Amphibious transport dock^[source]	Landing platform helicopter^[source]

Tonnage	7,713 DWT^[source]	—

Boats & landing craft carried	1 × LCAC , or 1 × LCU & 3 × LCM-6 , or 4 × LCM-8 , or 9 × LCM-6 , or 24 × AAV^[source]	2 LCAC ( LSF-II )^[source]

Armament	2 × 25 mm Mk 38 guns 2 × Phalanx CIWS 8 × .50-calibre machine guns^[source]	Guns: LPH-6111: 2 × Goalkeeper CIWS LPH-6112: 2 × Phalanx CIWS Missiles: LPH-6111: 1 × RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile LPH-6112: 4 x K-VLS cells^[source]

Aircraft carried	Up to 6 CH-46 Sea Knight helicopters^[source]	Up to 15 helicopters ( UH-1 H, UH-60P or Super Lynx ) (Can support VTOL jets)^[source]

Country of origin	United States^[source] United States^[source]	South Korea^[source] South Korea^[source]

Landing craft carried	1 × LCAC , or 1 × LCU & 3 × LCM-6 , or 4 × LCM-8 , or 9 × LCM-6 , or 24 × AAV^[source]Source-stated capacity; all configurations and qualifiers retained	—

Capacity	—	Up to 200 vehicles (including tanks)^[source]

Troops	—	720 marines^[source]

Sensors & processing systems	—	SMART-L air search radar ELM-2248 (MF-STAR) multifunction surveillance radar MW08 surface search radar LIG Nex1 SPS-550K AN/SPS-95K navigation radar TACAN VAMPIR-MB optronic sight^[source]