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HNLMS Johan de Witt (Dutch: Zr.Ms. Johan de Witt) is the second Rotterdam -class landing platform dock [citation needed] of the Royal Netherlands Navy. It is an improved design of Rotterdam, which was designed in conjunction between the Netherlands and Spain. [2] The ship, displacing 16,800 tons, was launched on 13 May 2006. [3] The motto of the ship is Ago Quod Ago, translated as I do what I ...
The Assault Amphibious Vehicle[2][3] (AAV)—official designation AAVP-7A1 (formerly known as Landing Vehicle, Tracked, Personnel-7 abbr. LVTP-7)—is a fully tracked amphibious landing vehicle manufactured by U.S. Combat Systems (previously by United Defense, a former division of FMC Corporation). [4][5] The AAV-P7/A1 is the current amphibious ...
Entire command: more than 70,000 [2] [3] Headquarters staff: 2,500 [2] Part of: United States Department of Defense: Headquarters: MacDill Air Force Base Florida, U.S. Nickname(s) USSOCOM, SOCOM: Engagements: Operation Earnest Will Invasion of Panama Gulf War Unified Task Force. Operation Gothic Serpent. Battle of Mogadishu; Operation Uphold ...
2nd Marine Regiment. The 2nd Marine Regiment is an infantry regiment of the United States Marine Corps. They are based at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina and fall under the command of the 2nd Marine Division and the II Marine Expeditionary Force.
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Subclasses The Robert T. Kuroda is the lead vessel of a new subclass of the Frank S. Besson class called LSV (MOD). The Kuroda, named after Robert T. Kuroda, and its sister ship, the Smalls, named after Robert Smalls, are generally similar to the rest of the class except that the ships are 42 feet (13 m) longer than the other ships of the class. This is due to a more streamlined "visor" bow ...
This list of active Russian Navy ships presents a picture which can never be fully agreed upon in the absence of greater data availability and a consistent standard for which ships are considered operational or not. The Soviet Navy, and the Russian Navy which inherited its traditions, had a different attitude to operational status than many ...
The LSM (R)-188 class was a class of twelve Landing Ship Medium (Rocket) of the United States Navy during World War II. They were used in the Pacific War for bombardment of shore positions.