Talk:America-class amphibious assault ship

Anachronism in design section
This paragraph currently appears in the Design section of the article:

The U.S. Marine Corps is now more concerned about anti-ship missile attacks from fast attack craft and long-range precision fires from land. To counter such attacks the Commandant of the Marine Corps, General David H. Berger wants to keep amphibious ships farther offshore. For this Marines are be transported ashore in larger and longer range MV-22 V/STOL aircraft. To accommodate these requirements, America has twice the displacement of the retired Iwo Jima-class amphibious assault ships.

General Berger didn't become Commandant and issue his guidance until 2019, but the ships were designed starting in 2001 and the first one was launched in 2012. So this source doesn't actually support that this was a reason the ships were designed the way they are. I think the whole paragraph needs to be better researched and probably re-structured. I'll try to move the glaring inaccuracies with a simple edit now, but if anyone is ambitious and knows of appropriate sources, this could stand a rewrite.

2400:2410:26A2:FF00:A58B:8EAD:9E1E:2390 (talk) 07:15, 11 June 2020 (UTC)

Fuel listed as JP-5. Did someone mistype JP-8?
JP-8 is way more common — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:40B:8403:96D1:29AD:F347:6268:9555 (talk)


 * If I recall correctly, JP-5 is generally used in the US Navy for its carrier aircraft, and as such by its gas-turbine powered ships so as to simplify fuel storage. So no, it's probably not a typo. - BilCat (talk) 00:05, 25 May 2019 (UTC)

It is JP-5. What the article doesn't mention is that JP-5 is the secondary fuel, the primary being F-76, AKA DFM. I'd add it in myself but I'm not very good with linking things. Source: I'm currently stationed on the Tripoli, LHA-7. 2600:387:C:6D14:0:0:0:7 (talk) 05:15, 22 May 2021 (UTC)

LHA stands for Amphibious Helicopter Assault
In the US Navy the letter L in ship designation has two meanings: If the ship stay off shore it stands for Amphibious, If the ship goes ashore it stands for Landing, as in Landing Ship Tank.JKP594Bubblehead (talk) 04:14, 10 October 2020 (UTC)


 * Interesting. I always thought LHA stood for General Purpose Amphibious Assault Ship BilCat (talk) 06:38, 10 October 2020 (UTC)