Jump to content

Draft:Landing platform

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Landing platform may refer to:

  • Landing platform warship, an amphibious warfare ship (L-amphibious landing operations, P-personnel transport)
    • Landing platform amphibious (LPA), a warship, an amphibious assault ship, a ship with a flight deck and hangar used to support a coastal assault from the sea, by air-transporting troops in and supporting aerial attacks; this type may also have a well deck for landing boats
    • Landing platform dock (LPD), a warship, an amphibious transport dock, a ship with a well deck and flight deck that can hangar aircraft and harbor landing craft, as well as transport an expeditionary landing force, and participate in a coastal assault
    • Landing platform helicopter (LPH), a helicopter carrier amphibious assault warship, a ship with a flight deck for VTOL operations and hangar used to support a coastal assault from the sea, by air-transporting limited numbers of troops in and supporting aerial attacks
    • Landing Platform eXperimental (LPX), an experimental or prototype version of an amphibious warfare warship, or a program or project to create a new amphibious warfare warship
      • ROKN LPX program, the South Korean Dokdo class LPH helicopter carrier
  • Landing platform vessel (LPV), floating space launch vehicle operations platform
  • Landing pad, a platform for landing aerial vehicles

See also

[edit]