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.
Yes the hovercraft with a load can traverse up to a 6% grade.
Can this be used in Haiti to off load ships at sea?
My dad was in the marine corps,but he never used a hovercraft.
A U.S. Patent, issued to Steve Black and me (1994) for a VTOL with a unique rotary wing ensemble; I was in the 1st Armored Div., Fort Hood Texas, 1951. Now, I have a designed invention for a new HOVER CRAFT for sea or land. Will someone from the Department of Defense contact me, please. vincefodera@ymail.com. Thank you.
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?
I woul like to know the web sites of ship yards for small military uses hovercrafts.
BRGDS
Fernando Gavilanes
thank you usa navy thank you. good bless you.
Thank you united state marine corps, good bless you for all that you have for me . thank you
This craft is supposed to ride on a cushion of air contained in the rubber skirt. What will happen if the enemy shoots big holes in the rubber? Have these things ever actually been tested in real combat conditions? I know there are advantages to LCAC technology, but in the end, with shells and bullets flying, will they prove too vulnerable?
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i just want to know if this hovercraft can inter to a concrete slope way have aslope 1 to 3