{"id":59220,"date":"2025-04-22T16:55:26","date_gmt":"2025-04-22T13:55:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/u-s-navy-plans-to-order-u-s-army-landing-ship-for-the-marine-corps\/59220\/"},"modified":"2025-04-22T16:55:26","modified_gmt":"2025-04-22T13:55:26","slug":"u-s-navy-plans-to-order-u-s-army-landing-ship-for-the-marine-corps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.al-sindbad.net\/u-s-navy-plans-to-order-u-s-army-landing-ship-for-the-marine-corps\/59220\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Navy Plans to Order U.S. Army Landing Ship for the Marine Corps"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. Navy is preparing to resolve its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.twz.com\/sea\/marine-moving-medium-landing-ship-critical-to-china-fight-put-on-hold-again-by-navy\">long debate<\/a> with the Marine Corps over the fate of the Landing Ship Medium (LSM), the amphibious force&#039;s small transport for inter-island warfare in the Pacific. On April 7, Naval Sea Systems Command quietly issued notice that it plans to award Bollinger a sole-source contract to build one lead-ship&nbsp;LSM based on&nbsp;the U.S. Army&#039;s <a href=\"https:\/\/maritime-executive.com\/article\/u-s-navy-changes-tack-on-marine-corps-landing-ship\">Gen. Frank S. Besson-class<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The ship that the U.S. Navy plans to buy is based on a revised version of the Army design that Bollinger-owned&nbsp;VT Halter&nbsp;built for the Israeli Navy. In <a href=\"https:\/\/maritime-executive.com\/article\/israeli-navy-takes-deliver-of-first-u-s-built-landing-craft\">Israeli service<\/a>, this variant makes 14 knots with a cargo of up to 2,000 tonnes in deep-draft pier-to-pier mode, with a lesser payload&nbsp;for beaching operations. The design has a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/WarshipPorn\/comments\/15mzzmd\/israeli_landing_ship_2532x1170_album\/\">bow visor<\/a> for better seakeeping in open water, rather than the original Besson-class&#039; flat ramp. &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><em>INS Nahshon (IDF image)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The class also has a stern ramp that can be used to load and offload while Med-moored at a pier. In U.S. Army service, the ramp facilitates drive-through ro\/ro cargo transloading for the complex Joint Logistics Over The Shore <a href=\"https:\/\/maritime-executive.com\/article\/u-s-army-leads-the-way-on-gaza-maritime-aid-mission\">(JLOTS)<\/a> transfer system.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Unless it is to be heavily modified, the IDF&#039;s Besson variant does not have a suite of high-end air defense or surface warfare weaponry. The long Navy-Marine Corps fight over the LSM&#039;s fate hinged on whether there would be a few highly survivable and very expensive hulls &#8211; the Navy&#039;s preference &#8211; or whether there would be a large number of less expensive ships built to a less stringent standard, as the Marine Corps demanded. The Besson-class appears to land further towards the Marine Corps&#039; version: it is serviceable enough to be the primary landing and logistics ship for the U.S. Army, and for the Israeli Navy, but it is not an exquisite naval weapons platform (unless up-armed).<\/p>\n<p>As first reported by USNI, NAVSEA is also buying the technical data package for the Damen&nbsp;LST 100, a popular&nbsp;landing ship design of comparable size and specifications &#8211; but equipped with an enclosed foredeck and an aft&nbsp;helideck. The LST 100 is in use by the Nigerian Navy and was recently ordered by the Australian Army.<\/p>\n<p><em><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"\/media\/images\/article\/Photos\/Navy_Govt_CoastGuard\/Damen-LST-100-Nigerian-Navy-Damen.webp\" style=\"width:2432px\" \/>A Nigerian Navy Damen LST 100 on delivery (Damen)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"\/media\/images\/article\/Photos\/Navy_Govt_CoastGuard\/Damen-LST-100-illustration.webp\" style=\"width:1835px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>A rendering of the LST 100 design for Australia&#039;s armed forces (Damen)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>maritime-executive<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; The U.S. Navy is preparing to resolve its long debate with the Marine Corps over the fate of the Landing Ship Medium (LSM), the amphibious force&#039;s small transport for inter-island warfare in the Pacific. 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