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LCACs and tsunami support?
Do we have any LCACs supporting the relief efforts? I would think that the
LCACs would be suited very well to handle part of the task of getting supplies on-shore (no need for an airstrip or port deep enough -- or still functioning). Just curious. Mike |
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Mike Bandor wrote:
Do we have any LCACs supporting the relief efforts? I would think that the LCACs would be suited very well to handle part of the task of getting supplies on-shore (no need for an airstrip or port deep enough -- or still functioning). There are LCACs in the Bonhomme Richard ESG, which is either already assisting or is on the way to assist. -- Tom Schoene Replace "invalid" with "net" to e-mail "Our country, right or wrong. When right, to be kept right, when wrong to be put right." - Senator Carl Schurz, 1872 |
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"Mike Bandor" wrote:
Do we have any LCACs supporting the relief efforts? I would think that the LCACs would be suited very well to handle part of the task of getting supplies on-shore (no need for an airstrip or port deep enough -- or still functioning). Just curious. First reaction would be that you're talking mixed blessing here. Fine, if all of the supplies needed are transported in/crossdecked to LHAs/LHDs/LPDs/LSDs for loading onto the LCACs in their well-decks. Otherwise, use of LCACs would require the supplies to be offloaded by crane as they lay alongside the cargo ship bringing the supplies. [Which also begs the question of how many break bulk cargo ships are left in this container era? And how many standard containers can an LCAC carry? Will the onshore relief effort have the capability/manpower needed to handle and unload containers brought in by LCAC instead of unloaded at a port? Will they be able to handle even break bulk cargo brought in by LCACs?] This is not to gainsay the benefits the availability of some LCACs may offer in the relief efforts, but to warn against overestimating their ultimate value. LCACs work best/most efficiently coupled with the gator navy ships they were designed to be deployed aboard/from. -- OJ III [Email to Yahoo address may be burned before reading. Lower and crunch the sig and you'll net me at comcast.] |
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Have not seen them , But the Bonnie Dick Amphib Group almost certainly
has them . Along with LCUs and LCM8s . |
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"Ogden Johnson III" wrote in message ... "Mike Bandor" wrote: Do we have any LCACs supporting the relief efforts? I would think that the LCACs would be suited very well to handle part of the task of getting supplies on-shore (no need for an airstrip or port deep enough -- or still functioning). Just curious. First reaction would be that you're talking mixed blessing here. Fine, if all of the supplies needed are transported in/crossdecked to LHAs/LHDs/LPDs/LSDs for loading onto the LCACs in their well-decks. Otherwise, use of LCACs would require the supplies to be offloaded by crane as they lay alongside the cargo ship bringing the supplies. [Which also begs the question of how many break bulk cargo ships are left in this container era? And how many standard containers can an LCAC carry? Will the onshore relief effort have the capability/manpower needed to handle and unload containers brought in by LCAC instead of unloaded at a port? Will they be able to handle even break bulk cargo brought in by LCACs?] This is not to gainsay the benefits the availability of some LCACs may offer in the relief efforts, but to warn against overestimating their ultimate value. LCACs work best/most efficiently coupled with the gator navy ships they were designed to be deployed aboard/from. -- They would indeed be more appropriate to ferry supplies further inland from port facilities (probably improvised port facilities) to areas that can't be reached by trucks (and then specifically to carry loads too heavy for helicopters). |
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Speaking of helicopters, how come they're not sling-loading
nets/pallets of supplies? Saw on TV someone saying in some places the ground was too soft for landing, and also saw supplies being tossed out the door from a hover. Walt BJ |
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D wrote:
---------- In article .com, wrote: Speaking of helicopters, how come they're not sling-loading nets/pallets of supplies? Saw on TV someone saying in some places the They are. There was a report in the news that one of the slings gave way and dropped its cargo on a car in a parking lot in Indonesia. The Indonesian government then told the Navy to no longer use sling loads. Well, this is a better answer than my previous guesses! Since you didn't mention it, can we assume no one was hurt or killed, hopefully only property damage? |
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