LCAC SPECIFICATIONS

Hull

 

Length........................................................Off-cushion - 81 feet; on-cushion - 87 feet, 11 inches Beam..............................................................................................Across fender - 46 feet, 8 inches

On-cushion - 47 feet

 

Height Above Ground......................................................................Off-cushion - 19 feet, 6 inches

On-cushion - 23 feet, 10 inches; Cushion depth - 5 feet


Weight

 

Design Full Load Weight......................................................................................................152 tons
Design Payload........................................................................................................120,000 pounds
Overload Payload.....................................................................................................150,000 pounds


Power

 

Propulsion.................................................................Four ETF40B gas turbines, each rated at 3,

955 SHP max continuous

 

Propellers.........................................................Two four-bladed, 11.75-foot diameter reversible,

variable pitch propellers

 

Lift System..............................................................................Four 63-inch diameter double-entry,

double-discharge centrifugal lift fans

 

Control...............................................................................Variable pitch propellers, rotatable bow

thrusters, and aerodynamic rudders


Performance at Design Payload

 

Speed, Sea State 2.................................................................................................................50 knots
Speed, Sea State 3.................................................................................................................30 knots


Crew/Seating

 

Operating Crew.................................................................................................................5 members
Starboard Cabin Seating............................................................Upper - operator, craft engineer,

navigator, group commander and
troop commander; Lower - 7 troops

 

Port Cabin Seating.............................................................................Upper - deck hand, engineer

Lower - 16 troops and load master


Communications/Navigation

 

Navigation (SLEP Configuration)...............................................Integrated NAV system with EGI
Radar......................................................................................................25 Kw surface search radar
Radios............................................................................VHF, UHF/VHF, HF and Man-on-the-Move



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