The LCAC, short for Landing Craft Air-Cushioned, is the beastly hovercraft used by the United States Marine Corps. This ship is designed to transport supplies, vehicles, and troops to the shore from a Wasp class assault ship or other dock-landing/amphibious cargo ships participating in an amphibious assault. These huge hovercraft can travel at up to 40 knots (46 mph), and have 2 machine gun emplacements and additional weapon mounting stations that can support additional machine guns or 40 mm grenade launchers. There really isn’t a huge demand for armaments on this ship, as it will hit the shores after the EFVs and long after initial bombardment from maritime strike fighters such as the Harrier jump-jet or the new F35 Lightning.
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Hello
i just want to know if this hovercraft can inter to a concrete slope way have aslope 1 to 3
Posted on August 6th, 2009 at 6:39 pm
Yes the hovercraft with a load can traverse up to a 6% grade.
Posted on August 26th, 2009 at 1:22 pm
Can this be used in Haiti to off load ships at sea?
Posted on January 15th, 2010 at 3:22 am
My dad was in the marine corps,but he never used a hovercraft.
Posted on March 6th, 2010 at 11:38 pm
I have been encouraging the Nunavut and Canadian government departments that the hovercraft would be an excellent vehicle for the patrolling the arctic coastlines, especially, when the Chinese are very interested in Canada’s shipping lanes.
What do you think?
Posted on July 7th, 2010 at 9:12 pm
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