BACKGROUND The Mobile Landing Platform is a new concept, part of the Maritime Prepositioning Force of the future. To control costs, the ships will not be built to combat vessel standards and are designed primarily to support three military hovercraft (such as the Landing Craft Air Cushion), vehicle staging with a side port ramp, and large mooring fenders. A decision was made to eliminate helicopter capability and ship-to-ship transfer of hea

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