Landing Craft, Air Cushion Action Op/HS

by John Gourley

In 1966 a Landing Craft Coordinating Group was assembled to discuss and draft specifications for a new landing craft. The work resulted in the Patrol Air Cushion Vehicle (PACV) that saw service in Vietnam. By 1970 designs for an Amphibious Assault Landing Craft (AALC) were on the drawing board. The US Navy ordered the first three LCACs February 1982. LCACs move over rocks and other beach obstacles and have reduced susceptibility to damage from mines...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 089747824X
• ISBN13: 9780897478243
• Release Date: January 2016
• Publisher: Squadron/Signal Publications
• Length: 80 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 10.8" x 8.0"