The Navy's latest 30-year shipbuilding plan (known as the 2012 plan) has a force of 33 amphibious warfare ships as its objective. The primary purpose of those ships in wartime is to carry Marine Corps units overseas and to support and sustain them as they deploy ashore. In peacetime, amphibious ships perform various missions, such as engaging in routine patrols overseas, reassuring allies, responding to crises, and providing humanitarian relief. Amphibious forces represent a significant investment of taxpayer dollars. Over the next 30 years, the Navy plans to purchase 20 new amphibious ships at a total cost of about $50 billion (in 2011 dollars), the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimates.
Analysis of the Navy's Amphibious Warfare Ships for Deploying Marines Overseas
2011
28 pages
Report
No indication
English
Logistics Military Facilities & Supplies , Military Operations, Strategy, & Tactics , Marine Engineering , Management Practice , Amphibious ships , Warfare , Economic analysis , Shipbuilding , Costs , Military operations , Navy , Deployment , Marine Corps , Overseas , Missions , Amphibious warfare ships
DUTCH MARINES AMPHIBIOUS CAPABILITY
Online Contents | 1994
|Online Contents | 1994
|Online Contents | 1994
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