A Chronology and Development Status of the Amphibious Assault Landing Craft JEFF(A)

Format:

Conference/Event

Author/Creator:

Seely, James H., author.

Conference Name:

National West Coast Meeting (1975-08-11 : Seattle, Washington, United States)

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Warrendale, PA SAE International 1975

Summary:

The Amphibious Assault Landing Craft (AALC), currently being developed by the United States Navy for Marine Corp use, is a high performance air cushion vehicle (ACV) specifically designed to the requirements of a unique advanced landing craft system. Initially conceived in the mid-1960's, one of two preliminary design contracts was awarded to the Aerojet-General Corporation in January, 1970, followed in March of 1971 by a contract for the design, construction and test of a developmental prototype designated the JEFF(A).This paper presents a discussion of major program events leading to the present state of construction of the JEFF(A), followed by a design description of the craft and major subsystems, including unique design criteria. Additionally, the present state of construction including illustrations of major subsystems is given. Finally, a discussion is presented of the events planned from the present time through completion of Navy trials

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Publisher Number:

750718

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