List of amphibious warfare ships

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This is a list of amphibious warfare ships.

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Algeria[]

Algerian National Navy

Active:

  • Kalaat Béni Abbès class - LPD
  • Kalaat Beni Hammed class - LST
    • Kalaat Beni Hammed 472
    • Kalaat Beni Rached 473

Argentina[]

Argentine Navy

Decommissioned:

Australia[]

Main article: Amphibious warfare ships of Australia
Royal Australian Navy

Active:

  • Canberra class – LHD
    • HMAS Adelaide (commissioned 2015)
    • HMAS Canberra (commissioned 2014)
  • Bay class – LSD
    • HMAS Choules (former RFA Largs Bay)

Decommissioned:

Brazil[]

Brazilian Navy

Active:

Decommissioned:

Canada[]

Planned:

Further information: Future Canadian Amphibious Assault Ship

Decommissioned:

Chile[]

Chilean Navy

Active:

Decommissioned:

  • Orompello (1964-2012)
  • Newport-class tank landing ship (Chilean service: 1995–2011)
  • Maipo Bâtiment de transport léger class (1981-1998)
  • Calle Calle - LCU (1978-1982)
  • Peuca - LCU (1978-1980)
  • Águila (ex-Aventinus, ex-LST-1092) (Chilean service: 1963–1980)- LST-542-class tank landing ship
  • Comandante Hemmerdinger (ex-USS New London County) (Chilean service: 1973–1983) - LST-542-class tank landing ship
  • Comandante Araya (ex-USS Nye County) (Chilean service: 1973–1981) - LST-542-class tank landing ship
  • Comandante Toro (ex-USS LST-277) (Chilean service: 1973–1977) - LST-1-class tank landing ship
  • 5 ex USS-LSM: Guardiamarina Contreras (ex-USS LSM-113), Aspirante Isaza (ex-USS LSM-295), Aspirante Goycolea (ex-USS LSM-400), Aspirante Morel (ex-USS LSM-417), Aspirante Morel (ex-USS LSM-444, Aloto). - LSM-1-class landing ships medium.
  • 6 ex USS-LCI(L): Eduardo Llanos (ex-USS LCIL 1025), Soldado Canave (ex-USS LCIL 1027), Grumete Tellez (ex-USS LCIL 1072), Grumete Bolados (ex-USS LCIL 1073), Grumete Diaz (ex-USS LCIL 877), Cabo Bustos (ex-USS LCIL 878)
  • 3 ex USS-LCM
  • 3 ex USS-LCU

China[]

People's Liberation Army Navy

Landing helicopter dock (LHD)

Amphibious Transport Dock (LPD)

  • Type 071 Yuzhao class (5 active, 2 under construction)
    • Kunlun Shan (998)
    • Jinggang Shan (999)
    • Changbai Shan (989)
    • Yimeng Shan (988)
    • Longhu Shan (980)

Landing Ship Tank (LST)

  • Type 072 Yukan class (3 active, 0 under construction)
  • Type 072II Yuting (4 active, 0 under construction)
  • Type 072III Yuting I class (10 active, 0 under construction)
  • Type 072A Yuting II class (15 active, 0 under construction)
  • Type 074 Yuhai class (12 active, 0 under construction)
  • Type 074A Yubei class (10 active, 0 under construction)

Egypt[]

Active:

  • Mistral class – LHD
    • Gamal Abdel Nasser (commissioned 2 June 2016)
    • Anwar El Sadat (commissioned 16 September 2016)

France[]

French Navy
Tonnerre

Active:

  • Mistral class – LHD
    • Mistral (commissioned February 2006)
    • Tonnerre (commissioned December 2006)
    • Dixmude (commissioned December 2011)

Decommissioned:

Greece[]

Hellenic Navy

Active:

HS Chios
  • Jason class - Landing ships
    • HS Chios
    • HS Samos
    • HS Ikaria
    • HS Lesvos
    • HS Rodos
  • Zubr class - LCAC
    • HS Kephallenia
    • HS Ithaki
    • HS Kerkyra
    • HS Zakynthos

India[]

Indian Navy

Planned:

Active:

Decommissioned:

See also: List of ships of the Indian Navy § Amphibious Warfare Ships
  • Kumbhir class (4 decommissioned)
  • LCU Mk1 (all (2) decommissioned)[1][2]
    • INS LCU 31
    • INS LCU 32
  • LCU Mk2 (all (3) decommissioned)
    • INS LCU 33
    • INS LCU 34
    • INS LCU 35
  • LCU Mk3 (all 4 decommissioned)
    • INS LCU 36
    • INS LCU 37
    • INS LCU 38
    • INS LCU 39

Indonesia[]

Indonesian Navy
KRI Banda Aceh (593) of Makassar-class LPD
KRI Teluk Bintuni (520), lead ship of her class
KRI Teluk Lampung (540) of Teluk Gilimanuk-class LSM
KRI Teluk Ende (517) of Teluk Semangka-class LST
KRI Teluk Amboina (503)

Planned:

Active:

Decommissioned:

Iran[]

Islamic Republic of Iran Navy

Active:

Unknown:

Italy[]

San Giorgio
Italian Navy

Planned:

  • One landing helicopter helicopter dock[3]

Active:

  • San Giorgio class – LPD
    • San Giorgio (commissioned 1988)
    • San Marco (commissioned 1988)
    • San Giusto (commissioned 1994)

Decommissioned:

  • De Soto County-class tank landing ship
    • Nave Grado
    • Nave Caorle

Japan[]

Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force

Active:

Decommissioned:

Netherlands[]

Royal Netherlands Navy

Active:

  • Rotterdam class - LPD
    • HNLMS Rotterdam (commissioned 1998)
    • HNLMS Johan de Witt (commissioned 2007)
  • Karel Doorman class - LPD
    • HNLMS Karel Doorman (commissioned 2015)

New Zealand[]

Royal New Zealand Navy

Planned:

  • Defence Capability Plan 2019 stats that the RNZN will procure a Enhance Sealift Vessel (ESV) and be in service around 2029 as well as second to replace HMNZS Canterbury keeping 2 ship amphibious fleet in 2035.[4]

Active:

  • HMNZS Canterbury - LPA (commissioned 2007)

Decommissioned:

  • HMNZS Charles Upham Decommissioned in July 2001

Norway[]

Royal Norwegian Navy

Active:

  • CB90 class - LCP
  • Tjelsund class - LST

Oman[]

Royal Navy of Oman

Active:

Decommissioned:

Philippines[]

Philippine Navy

Active:

  • Tarlac class - LPD
    • BRP Tarlac
    • BRP Davao del Sur

Russia/Soviet Union[]

Russian Navy/Soviet Navy
An Ivan Rogov class landing ship, ca. 1985.

Planned:

  • Project 23900 amphibious assault ship – LHD (2 ordered)
    • Sevastopol
    • Vladivostok

Active:

  • Ivan Gren class – LSD (1 active, 1 in sea trials, 2 under construction)
    • Ivan Gren
  • Ivan Rogov class – LSD (2 in reserve)
    • Moskalenko
    • Alexsandr Nikolaev
  • Ropucha class – LST (15 active)
    • 12 Project 775 (Ropucha I)
    • 3 Project 775M (Ropucha II)

Decommissioned:

Singapore[]

Republic of Singapore Navy

Active:

  • Endurance class – LPD
    • RSS Endurance (207)
    • RSS Resolution (208)
    • RSS Persistence (209)[5]
    • RSS Endeavour (210)

Decommissioned:

South Korea[]

Republic of Korea Navy

Planned

Active:

Decommissioned:

  • Un Bong class – LST
    • Bi Bong
    • Tuk Bong
    • Buk Han
    • Kae Bong
    • Hwa San
    • Su Yong
    • Un Bong
    • Wee Bong

Spain[]

Armada Española
Galicia delivering humanitarian supplies to Iraq

Active:

  • Galicia class – LPD
    • Galicia (commissioned 1998)
    • Castilla (commissioned 2000)
  • Juan Carlos I class – LHD (BPE)
    • Juan Carlos I (commissioned 2010) (universal ship, has the function of fleet carrier and amphibious assault ship)

Decommissioned:

Thailand[]

LST underway in 2010
Royal Thai Navy

Planned:

  • Type 071 Yuzhao class - LPD (1 under construction)

Active:

Decommissioned:

  • LST-542 class – LST
    • HTMS Angthong
    • HTMS Chang
    • HTMS Prathong

Turkey[]

TCG Bayraktar (L-402), Turkish landing ship tank in Valletta Harbour, Malta.
  • landing ship tank
  • landing ship tank
    • TCG Osman Gazi (NL-125)
  • Bayraktar-class landing ship tank
    • TCG Bayraktar (L-402)
  • landing ship tank
  • landing craft
  • landing craft
  • landing craft
  • landing craft

United Kingdom[]

Royal Navy

Active:

Decommissioned:

HMS Ocean
  • LST Mk.3 class
    • LST 3002
    • LST 3008
    • LST 3010 Attacker
    • LST 3014
    • LST 3017
    • LST 3022
    • LST 3027 Lofoten
    • LST 3035
    • LST 3042 Hunter
    • LST 3041 Hull
    • LST 3501
    • LST 3507
    • LST 3512
    • LST 3515 Stalker
    • LST 3519
    • LST 3523 Trouncer
    • LST 3524 Trumpeter
    • LST 3534

United States[]

United States Navy

USS America (LHA-6), an amphibious assault ship (multi-role), and lead ship of her class.
USS Wasp (LHD-1), an amphibious assault ship (general purpose), and lead of her class.
USS San Antonio (LPD-17), an amphibious transport dock and lead of her class.
USS Harper's Ferry (LSD-49), a landing ship dock and lead of her class.
USS Blue Ridge (LCC-19), an amphibious command ship and lead of her class.
USS Iwo Jima (LPH-2), a landing platform helicopter and lead of her class*.
USS Newport (LST-1179), a tank landing ship and lead of her class.

Planned:

Active:


Decommissioned:

* - (the Essex, Commencement Bay and Casablanca-class ships listed here were converted escort carriers that were numbered in with the Iwo Jima class)

Venezuela[]

Bolivarian Navy of Venezuela

Planned:

  • Los Frailes class (Damen Stan Lander 5612) Roll-on/Roll-off medium vessels capable of beaching - AKR
    • (up to 8 ships with hull prefix "T", ship names and hull numbers yet to be determined)

Active:

  • Capana class (Korea Tacoma Alligator MK.III) – LST
    • T-61 AB Capana
    • T-62 AB Esequibo
    • T-63 AB Goajira
    • T-64 AB Los Llanos
  • Los Frailes class (Damen Stan Lander 5612) Roll-on/Roll-off medium vessels capable of beaching - AKR
    • T-91 AB Los Frailes
    • T-92 AB Los Testigos
    • T-93 AB Los Roques
    • T-94 AB Los Monjes
  • Margarita class (Swiftships model 130LS0791) Landing Craft Utility – LCU
    • T-71 AB Margarita
    • T-72 AB La Orchila

Decommissioned:

  • Capana class (Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard LST-542 class) landing ship tank – LST
    • T-11 FNV Capana (ex-LST-907) (Venezuelan service: 1946–1957)[6]
  • Capana class (Ingalls Shipbuilding Terrebonne Parish-class) landing ship tank – LST
    • T-21 ARV Amazonas (ex-USS AVernon County, ex-LST-1161) (Venezuelan service: 1973–1977)[7]
  • Los Monjes class (LSM-1class) landing ship Medium – LSM
    • T-13 ARV Los Monjes (ex-LSM-548) (Venezuelan service: 1959–1979)[8]
    • T-14 ARV Los Roques (ex-LSM-543) (Venezuelan service: 1959–1965)[9]
    • T-15 ARV Los Frailes (ex-LSM-544) (Venezuelan service: 1959–1986)[10]
    • T-16 ARV Los Testigos (ex-LSM-545) (Venezuelan service: 1960–1979)[11]
    • No Name (ex-LSM-542) (Transferred, 15 July 1959, to Venezuela, for cannibalization)[12]
  • Guayana class (LST-1151/Achelous Class) landing ship tank – LST / Landing Craft Repair Ship - ARL
    • T-18 / T-31 ARV Guayana (ex-USS Quirinus, ex-LST-1151/ex-ARL-39) (Venezuelan service: 1962-??)[13]

Vietnam[]

Vietnam People's Navy

Active:

Abbreviations[]

  • LHA = Landing Helicopter Assault
  • LHD = Landing Helicopter Dock
  • LPD = Landing Platform Dock
  • LPH = Landing Platform Helicopter
  • LSD = Landing Ship Dock
  • LSH = Landing Ship Heavy
  • LSL = Landing Ship Logistics
  • LST = Landing Ship Tank

See also[]

  • Amphibious assault ship
  • Amphibious warfare ship
  • List of aircraft carriers in service

References[]

  1. ^ "Surface Ships - Landing Craft Utility". Indian Navy. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 13 July 2014.
  2. ^ "Mark 3 Landing craft". Bharat Rakshak. 12 January 1980. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
  3. ^ "New Amphib Ship Planned for Italian Navy". Naval News. 2 July 2015. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
  4. ^ "Defence Capability Plan 2019".
  5. ^ "Singapore Navy sends 3 vessels to help in QZ8501 search". Mediacorp News Group. Archived from the original on 29 December 2014. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
  6. ^ "Tank Landing Ship LST".
  7. ^ "Tank Landing Ship LST".
  8. ^ "Landing Ship Medium (LSM)".
  9. ^ "Landing Ship Medium (LSM)".
  10. ^ "Landing Ship Medium (LSM)".
  11. ^ "Landing Ship Medium (LSM)".
  12. ^ "Landing Ship Medium (LSM)".
  13. ^ "Landing Craft Repair Ship ARL-39 Quirinus".
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