[Moose4]

684 feet and 24,900 tons...isn't that a darn big ship to be powered by diesels and not by gas turbines or steam?

Interesting info on these ships, they're quite remarkable and they carry some remarkable things too...my next-cube neighbor at work has a son who just went into the Marine Reserve and is being trained on loading/unloading LCACs, among other things. Apparently the kid had a blast learning his way around those monsters.

}:-)4

[Jeff Head]

They are large ships, but not as large as the LHD Wasp Class, at 844 ft and 40,500 tons.

...and those supercharged diesels for the LPD 17 class aint our daddy's diesels. There are four, producing 10,400hp each