US Navy LCAC Landing Craft - PONCE Kearsarge Ashland

The Landing Craft, Air Cushion (LCAC), is a heavy lift, high speed landing craft which floats on a layer of air. Where conventional landing craft have a maximum speed of 8 knots and had to move to within two miles before loading and landing troops ashore, the LCAC can load and assault from 50 miles out and deliver its payload at 35 knots or more. Armament:
Two weapons mounts capable of mounting the M2 .50 caliber machine gun, M-60 7.62mm machine gun, or the Mk19 40mm automatic grenade launcher.
We met up with the USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) and Ashland (LSD 48)

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• Ponce
• Kearsarge
• Ashland

[Lordoctomonkey]

When was this video taken? I went on a Tiger Cruise on the USS Kearsarge back in 1995.

[wjwheeler]

This footage was taken in September 2005.

[MORMTB]

who is this? If this is the Ashland, ponce, and Kearsarge then this is the 26th MEU in 2005. this is when the Kearsarge and the Ashland got RPG'd in Jordan and the Ponce kept losing power and breaking down. this is Cpl Racine from GS company motor transport platoon.

[AldoAlonso89]

el CRAFT SPEE era nazi!!! se undió en costas de URUGUAY

[LivingInLastDays]

LCAC Unit 5 tis a 48 ;)

[Ghostsniper1993]

my dads from ACU-4 and they just left for 7 months yesterday ='(

[7M302]

anyone from ACU-5? looks like the gator's an LSD-48 or is this the newer one?

[Dinoz10]

Hehe... I was with 3/8 on that float. I was the arty FO attached to Lima Company.

[bienfcruz]

US Armed Forces the Greatest on Earth !!!

[kenwoodrd1982]

USS Kearsarge '98

- 8th Marines "More Than Duty"

[cotree]

USS Kearsarge Maiden med cruise 1995

3rd Bn 8th Mar Scout/Snipers

24 MEU

" That float Made some news"

[zpackard]

I spent too long on that tin can