Amphibious Transport Dock
An LPD is 684 feet long with a 105-foot beam. It weighs 24,900 tons and takes five years to build. The technologically advanced transport ships are part of an Amphibious Ready Group used to transport Marine Expeditionary Units and their equipment. They have a crew of 360 and can carry up to 800 troops and their equipment. An LPD generates enough electricity to power 6,000 homes. An LPD produces enough air conditioning to cool 466 average-size family homes. If you stood an LPD on its stern, it would be 130 feet taller than the Washington Monument.
Facts
An LPD class Amphibious Transport Dock Ship is equipped with:
- 2 MK 31 RAM launchers
- 2 MK 46 30mm guns
- 10 MK 26 .50 caliber machine guns
- 14 Expeditionary Fighting Vehicles
- 2 LCAC landing craft
- An LPD is designed using composite materials and no right angles to reduce its radar signature.