Guide to
Carrier & Landing Ships

Deagel's guide to Carrier & Landing Ships encompasses aircraft carriers (Nimitz and Charles De Gaulle), amphibious assault ships (San Antonio and Wasp); and landing crafts (LCU). The smaller landing crafts transport troops and equipment going ashore during an amphibious assault.

Aircraft carriers and amphibious assault provide key capabilities to insert a relevant ground military force into hostile shores. Aircraft carriers and amphibious assault ships having flight deck are the platforms for naval aviation which is entitled to execute anti-submarine (ASW), anti-surface (ASuW), search and rescue (SAR), air defense and ground attack missions.
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