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    aviation as a primary mission, the landing area for helicopters and other VTOL aircraft is also referred to as the flight deck. The official U.S. Navy term...
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    weight), made possible by operating from a catapult cradle and flexible landing deck: air cushion (to enable operation over a wide range of ground obstacles...
    88 KB (10,926 words) - 13:55, 26 April 2024
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    older dock landing ships (LSD) by incorporating both a flight deck and a well deck that can be ballasted and deballasted to support landing craft or amphibious...
    14 KB (380 words) - 07:19, 10 November 2023
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    well deck depends on its facilities for aircraft—a (modern) LSD has a helicopter deck, a landing platform dock also has a hangar, and a landing helicopter...
    12 KB (664 words) - 04:40, 8 May 2024
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    the tank deck ventilator tubes from the center section of the main deck; the strengthening of the main deck in order to carry a smaller Landing Craft Tank...
    82 KB (9,938 words) - 15:37, 14 February 2024
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    LSTs.[citation needed] Functionally, their well deck makes the Ōsumi class more like a dock landing ship (LSD).[citation needed] As of 2014 there are...
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    aircraft carriers). Modern designs support amphibious landing craft, with most designs including a well deck. Like the aircraft carriers they were developed...
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    Arresting gear (redirect from Deck pendant)
    systems attached below the carrier deck. There are other related systems that use nets to catch aircraft wings or landing gear. These barricade and barrier...
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    and monitoring landing area deck status (the deck is either "clear" and ready to land aircraft or "foul" and not ready for landing). Arresting gear...
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    "well decks" of World War II amphibious vessels, that can be flooded for lighters or landing craft. A well deck is an exposed deck (weather deck) lower...
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    300-foot (91 m) deck for landing aircraft over another hangar. Her funnel and superstructure remained intact, with a narrow strip of decking around them to...
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  • Thumbnail for Type 075 landing helicopter dock
    Navy (PLAN). It has a full-length flight deck for helicopter operations and features a floodable well deck from which to disembark hovercraft and armored...
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    dock landing ship is a dock landing ship of the United States Navy. Introduced to fleet service in 1985, this class of ship features a large well deck for...
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    men), or for typical company-sized armoured units. A helicopter landing deck allows landing for light helicopters, and transfer to and from heavy helicopters...
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    landing helicopter dock (LHD) is a multipurpose amphibious assault ship that is capable of operating as a helicopter carrier and also has a well deck...
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  • having no floats to land on and having no landing deck to return to, either had to find dry land for landing, or else had to ditch onto the sea. During...
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    exhausted out of gratings on the rear of the flight deck, or at the sides of the ship if landing operations were in progress. The long ducts reduced her...
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    slope towards the carrier's deck. Other lights give various commands and can be used to require the pilot to abort the landing and "go around." The OLS remains...
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    Helicopter deck (heli or helo deck): Usually located near the stern and always kept clear of obstacles hazardous to a helicopter landing. Hurricane deck: (river...
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    warship that serves as a seagoing airbase, equipped with a full-length flight deck and facilities for carrying, arming, deploying, and recovering aircraft....
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