LPD - Landing Platform Dock

Missions

Primary Missions

To carry out amphibious operations and force deployment

To land embarked vehicles, personnel with all their weapons, by bow door and ramp, LCM/LCAC landing crafts in the Dock area, helicopters at Flight Deck or a combination of all these assets

To Provide Emergency Medical and Life Support for LST-HD embarked personnel

Secondary Missions

To conduct large-scale humanitarian and disaster relief missions

To be used as a healthcare and hospital support facility

To land personnel, vehicles and supplies in ports and poorly equipped areas through on-board vessels, landing craft mechanized (LCM) units or Air-cushioned landing craft, LCAC (multi-purpose hovercraft)

General Specifications

General Information

Length	:	153 m
Beam max.	:	24,0 - 29,6 m
Draught	:	Forward <1.9 m
Displacement	:	9.500 tonnes

Performance

Speed

:

15 knots

Accommodations

Crew	:	183 Crew Members, 6 Docking Personnel
Experts	:	22 Pilots, 388 Embarked Marines

Technology & Combat Systems

Propulsion & Energy Systems

Propulsion

:

Diesel Engine 4 x 4.320 kW Diesel Engines

Navigation

Nautical Eqp

:

Navigation Radar

Weapon & Sensor Suite

Weapons	:	2 x 40mm Main Guns, 4 x 12.7mm STAMP, 2xPHALANX, Decoy Launching System, Torpedo Countermeasure Systems (TCMS), Platform up to 3-5 x 15 Ton Helicopters
Sensors	:	2 x Electrooptic Sensor, Infrared Search and Track (IRST), Laser Warning System (LWS), R-ESM, IFF, WAIS, LPI Radar, 3D Surveillance Radar
Communication	:	HF, UHF and VHF Military Communications, SATCOM, , Military Link Systems

LPD - Landing Platform Dock