U.S Navy - Landing Craft Air Cushion

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LCAC Stands for Landing Craft Air Cushion.

✔️ The Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) is a class of air-cushioned landing craft (hovercraft) used by the United States Navy and the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF).

✔️ The LCAC - Landing Craft, Air Cushion is a high-speed, over-the-beach, fully amphibious landing craft capable of carrying a 60-75 ton payload. It is used to transport the weapons systems, equipment, cargo and personnel of the assault elements of the Marine Air-Ground Task Force from ship to shore and across the beaches.

✔️ The LCAC operates with a crew of five. The crew consists of a Craftmaster, Engineer, Navigator, Deck Engineer and a Loadmaster. For an overview of the LCAC, select the Additional Info tab.

Japanese operations:

✔️ Six LCAC are in use by the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force. Approval for the sale was given by the United States Government on 8 April 1994. The craft were built by Textron Marine & Land Systems in New Orleans, Louisiana. Purchase of the first craft was included in the FY93 budget, second in FY95, third and fourth in FY99 and fifth and sixth in FY00.

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