Forrestal-Class Aircraft Carriers, the First Supercarriers

[Rajvik]

i was thinking on this thread subject the other week and decided that while an aircraft carrier was a little much maybe an LPD(H) wouldnt be, they are classified as non-combatant units that orriginally were used to land wheeled cargo either by ramp directly to the docks or from the "well deck" via ramped landing craft. Now they are used as part of the MSTS fleet to keep necessary equipment, (trucks of various sizes, humvvs to 7 tons) on hand and ready to land during an amphibious landing to provide the troops with equipment. This way the troops can be flown into an AO and handed ready gear and not have to worry abou loading and transhipment of the gear, much less the shipping time it would take their own gear to get to the AO from state side. I'm gonna do a little more research, but currently the best subject i've found for modification and uplifting it the USS Inchon, LPH-12 Iwo Jima class ship. commision 20 june 1970 decommisioned 20 june 2002, and then stricken from the record which probably means she's spent the last 11 years in the Norfolk Naval yard or sitting in either Tierra del Fuego or Diego Garcia with a load of 7 tons in her hold.