LHD

LHD is the US Navy hull classification symbol for multipurpose amphibious assault ships of the Wasp class. They are the newest amphibious assault ships of the US Navy and are the largest of their kind in the world. Ships of this class currently in active service include:

(LHD-1) USS Wasp
(LHD-2) USS Essex
(LHD-3) USS Kearsarge
(LHD-4) USS Boxer
(LHD-5) USS Bataan
(LHD-6) USS Bonhomme Richard
(LHD-7) USS Iwo Jima
(LHD-8) USS Makin Island (Under construction)

See: List of amphibious warfare ships

LHD is also an acronym for the Large Helical Device and left hand drive.

NodeWorks boosts web surfing!

Page Returned in 0.438 seconds - HTML Compressed 70.6%

This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available
under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.