Talk:Amphibious assault ship

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[edit] Article retooling

The general content that used to be on this article is now at Amphibious warfare ship. This page has been refocused to cover just the larger amphibiuos ships such as LHAs, LHDs, and LPHs which generally carry helicopters and sometimes Harriers. Ships such as LPDs and LSDs are not covered here any longer, so that's why listings for them have been removed. - BillCJ (talk) 06:56, 4 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Lead pic

I've noticed that many Wikipedians are quick to accuse AMerican editors of an American bias, especially if the pics in an article are mainly of American products. In this article, it's that way for one simple reason: The USN has made and uses more amphib ships than all other navies combined. Coupled with the US government's laws making all images taken by the US military public domain, this means there are far more pics of USN ships available. Sorry, but this is not the fault of US editors! :) I selected the Lead pic that is in the article because it shows 6 different ships. If a pic of several amhib ships belonging to several different navies can be found, I will happily support it being in the Lead here, provided it's a good-quality image, and leagel to use of course. - BillCJ (talk) 06:56, 4 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Commando carrier merge

I'm suggesting a merge of Commando carrier into this article, mainly because what the British call a commando carrier, the Americans call an amphibious assault ship. Thoughts? 211.30.232.226 (talk) 11:49, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

• Support. The Commando carrier article is short, with no references. Unless I'm missing something, it appears that "Commando carrier" is just another name for an "Amphibious assault ship." Lou Sander (talk) 12:30, 27 May 2008 (UTC)
• Support - Concur with Lou. - BillCJ (talk) 16:33, 27 May 2008 (UTC)
• Support Commando carrier is clearly British English for Amphibiouse Assault Ship. F-451 (talk) 00:49, 28 May 2008 (UTC)