The amphibious group of French Navy ships visiting New Orleans this weeks includes ... The LHD Mistral is a 21,300-ton amphibious assault helicopter carrier that serves as a command ship for ...

The Chinese navy is hard at work on a huge new amphibious assault ship – a combination troop transport and aircraft carrier ...

The Navy’s newest and most advanced amphibious assault ship arrived in Japan this week to take over as flagship of Amphibious ...

The French Navy’s Jeanne D’Arc training and operational mission deployment began Monday as the task group, comprising of amphibious assault ship FS Mistral (L9013) and frigate FS Surcouf (F711 ...

Amphibious assault ships are meant to be used with ground troops in amphibious combat. They do this by loading, moving, and landing members of Marine Expeditionary Units (MEUs) onto a hostile shore.