Armada off the shores of

Five large landing ships - French Mistral, Spanish Juan Carlos, Dutch Johan de Witt, and two American ships - USSP and USS NEW YORK, have participated in the history of the region. In the Baltic Sea, the largest NATO Baltops 24 military exercises have been coming to the end, which last from June 5 to June 20. In total, more than 50 ships, 80 aircraft and helicopters, as well as 9,000 servicemen from 20 member countries of the North Atlantic Alliance, participated.

In this regard, Defense 24 stated that five landing ships were attracted in maneuvers - this testifies to the largest landing Armade in the Baltic history. In particular, it is a French landing helicopter Mistral, a Spanish landing ship of Juan Carlos, a Dutch landing transporter Hnlms Johan de Witt, as well as two American landing ships - USSP and USSP New York. The US paratrooper USS WASP (LHD 1) has become a prototype for a series of seven WASP ships that are part of the US Navy.

These ships were designed to replace outdated Tarawa landing ships and are intended for transportation and planting of marine infantry expedition units, as well as to support various amphibious operations. The ship's motor installation is two steam turbine engines with a capacity of 70,000 hp, which provide a maximum speed of up to 22 units. The exception is the last ship of the series, USS Makin Island (LHD 8), equipped with two General Electric LM2500 General Electric Turbines.

The ship can carry up to 20 helicopters or converters MV-22 Osprey, as well as AV-8B Harrier II or F-35b Lightning II. On the dock deck (81x 5. 2 m) can accommodate three landing boats on the LCAC air cushion, 12 landing boats or 40 floating conveyors. In addition, the ship is able to accommodate five M1a Abrams tanks, 25 LVTP-7 floating armored personnel carriers, eight 155 mm howitzers M198, 68 trucks and 12 support machines.

The USS NEW YORK (LPD-21) ship is the fifth landing transport dock in San Antonio. It is named after the city of New York and contains in its design steel from the fragments of the World Trade Center, which was destroyed during the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001. The power plant is two diesel engines that provide speed up to 22 knots. San-Antonio Ships are equipped with three car decks with a total area of ​​2323 square meters. m located in front of Doka deck.

The deck can accommodate two landing boats on the LCAC air cushion, LCU-type paired boat or 14 LVTP-7 floating conveyors. The flight deck is able to simultaneously place two heavy transport helicopters Sikorsky CH-53E Super Stallion, four Bell AH-1Z Viper helicopters or the same amount of Bell UH-1y Venom Transport Helicopters, or two MV-22b Osprey converters. AV-8B Harrier II aircraft can also be valid if necessary.

The French landing helicopter Mistral (L 9013) is a prototype of a series of three ships of this type. They are called "ships of power and command. " Mistral is one of the largest ships of the Navy of France, which is inferior to the size of only the atomic aircraft carrier "Charles de Gaulle". The power plant is two diesel engines that provide speed up to 19 knots.

Ships are capable of carrying 16 NH90 or Tiger helicopters, four landing catamarans of EDA-R/S, a Leclerc tanks battalion with 40 cars or 70 combat vehicles, including 13 major combat tanks and 450 soldiers. In addition, these helicopters are equipped with a ship's hospital for 69 beds. The Spanish landing helicopter Juan Carlos I is a ship of strategic projection of force.

It is close in concept for US WASP ships, but is provided with a springboard to increase the combat load of aircraft with short off, so it can be used as a light aircraft carrier. The ship can also be used in humanitarian operations and evacuation of civilians. Juan Carlos I Aviation Group is up to 30 V/Stol helicopters or aircraft such as AV-8B Harrier II and F-35b Lightning II. During landing operations, it can take 30 rifle machines on board, including 10 heavy ones.

Under the Angar is a transport deck, which can carry 30 main combat tanks. The ship can also carry 902 Marines or Land Forces. The Dutch landing transport-daughter of Hnlms Johan de Witt (L 801) of Rotterdam is intended for transportation and landing of troops, as well as for humanitarian operations. It is the largest ship of the Dutch royal naval fleet.

It is equipped with large feed chambers, as well as medical equipment, which includes a procedural office, an operating room and a medical laboratory. The ship power plant is two holec diesel engines with a capacity of 16 320 hp, which provide speed of up to 19 knots and swimming range - 6,000 miles. The ship is equipped with a large helicopter deck for helicopter operations and a dock for large landing boats. It can carry six NH 90 helicopters or four chinok helicopters.