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Saturday, October 19, 2013
Submersible LST
In the recent post, Future Navy - Part 2, the reader "ats" offered a comment about a submersible LST for amphibious assaults. The idea just caught my fancy and I sketched out a quick concept drawing. It's nothing special because I'm not an artist but I thought I'd share it with you just for fun. Thanks "ats"!
It's a stealthy LCU. The problem is safe approach for landing without being stuck. An alternative would be releasing crafts that can float to the beach. Taking this idea a step towards practical use: transport a Desert Patrol Vehicle(DPV) with an Advanced SEAL Delivery System (ASDS) or SEAL delivery vehicle (SDV). How? Insert the DPV into a narco-torpedo and tow it. The DPV can be disassembled to some degree to fit into a smaller transport hull. Close to the beach it surfaces and is a simple landing boat that can be towed back to sea if it gets stuck. It's for very clandestine motorized landing that has improved intelligence gathering capability, not a massive combat force that is better inserted by other means with more payload and less stealth.
Something along that idea too: http://www.navy.mil/navydata/cno/n87/usw/issue_13/soviets_giants.html
ReplyDeleteThat's a great link and it's something I was totally unaware of. Thanks!
DeleteIt's a stealthy LCU. The problem is safe approach for landing without being stuck. An alternative would be releasing crafts that can float to the beach.
ReplyDeleteTaking this idea a step towards practical use: transport a Desert Patrol Vehicle(DPV) with an Advanced SEAL Delivery System (ASDS) or SEAL delivery vehicle (SDV). How? Insert the DPV into a narco-torpedo and tow it. The DPV can be disassembled to some degree to fit into a smaller transport hull. Close to the beach it surfaces and is a simple landing boat that can be towed back to sea if it gets stuck.
It's for very clandestine motorized landing that has improved intelligence gathering capability, not a massive combat force that is better inserted by other means with more payload and less stealth.