Tarawa Class: Builder: Ingalls Shipbuilding Service ... Landing/Attack Craft: 4 LCUs or 2 LCUs and 1 LCAC. Amphibious Assault Ships are the U.S. Navy’s largest of all amphibious warfare ships.

The US sunk a 39,000-ton ship with a low-cost bomb. China criticized the exercise, calling it a show of power and questioning ...

The amphibious assault ships, whether Tarawa, Wasp, or America-class, look like smaller aircraft carriers with flight decks where Vertical Take-Off and Landing aircraft can land and depart from ...