Landing Craft Air Cushion vs Lewis B. Puller
Overview
The Landing Craft Air Cushion and the Lewis B. Puller are both Amphibious vessel classes.
The Lewis B. Puller displaces 60,000 tons — 324:1 the Landing Craft Air Cushion's 185 tons. The Landing Craft Air Cushion reaches 70 knots vs 15 knots for the Lewis B. Puller. Operational range is 300 nautical miles for the Landing Craft Air Cushion vs 9,500 for the Lewis B. Puller. The Landing Craft Air Cushion carries a crew of 5 vs 298 for the Lewis B. Puller.
The Landing Craft Air Cushion was produced in 97 units vs 6 for the Lewis B. Puller. Cost per hull is $41M for the Landing Craft Air Cushion vs $500M for the Lewis B. Puller. The Landing Craft Air Cushion was commissioned in 1986, 31 years before the Lewis B. Puller (2017).
| American amphibious landing craft, introduced in 1986, achieves 70 knots using four gas turbine engines. | |
| Origin | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Category | Amphibious vessel |
| Type | Landing craft |
| Manufacturer | Textron Marine and Land Systems |
| Year introduced | 1986 |
| Number built | 97 units |
| Estimated unit price | $41 million |
| American Expeditionary Mobile Base, introduced in 2017, displaces 60,000 tons. | |
| Origin | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Category | Amphibious vessel |
| Type | Expeditionary Mobile Base |
| Manufacturer | General Dynamics NASSCO |
| Year introduced | 2017 |
| Number built | 6 units |
| Estimated unit price | $500 million |
| Displacement | 185 tons ◉ |
| Maximum speed | 70.0 knots ◉ |
| Range | 300 nm at 35 knots ◉ |
| Length | 26.8 m ◉ |
| Beam | 14.0 m ◉ |
| Crew | 5 ◉ |
| Propulsion | 4 Avco Lycoming TF40B, (4,390 hp; 3,270 kW) each |
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| Displacement | 60,000 tons ◉ |
| Maximum speed | 15.0 knots ◉ |
| Range | 9,500 nm ◉ |
| Length | 239.0 m ◉ |
| Beam | 50.0 m ◉ |
| Crew | 298 ◉ |
| Propulsion | 4 × MAN/B&W diesels, diesel-electric plant |
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