ABSTRACT
This chapter provides an overview of the technical and operational details of the amphibious warfare vessels. The types of amphibious warfare vessels includes Alligator class LST, Blue Ridge class LCC, Newport class LST, Tarawa class LHA and Whidbey Island class LSD. Alligator class LST was built at Kaliningrad between 1964 and 1977, and provides the Soviet navy with a useful roll-on/roll-off medium-lift capability, the first two subclasses are optimized for transport and the latter two for over-the-beach assault, each ship being able to carry the equipment of a Naval Infantry battalion landing team. Ivan Rogov class LPDs were the largest amphibious warfare vessels yet built by the Soviets, and are each designed to carry a reinforced Naval Infantry battalion landing team with all its equipment plus 10 PT-76 light amphibious tanks, or the tank battalion of a Naval Infantry regiment; it is thought that four of the class will be produced, one for each Soviet fleet.
