personnel qualification standard (pqs) - I Marine Expeditionary ...

109 Amphibious Operations
LSD-44 USS Gunston Hall Little Creek, VA
LSD-45 USS Comstock San Diego, CA
LSD-46 USS Tortuga Little Creek, VA
LSD-47 USS Rushmore San Diego, CA
LSD-48 USS Ashland Little Creek, VA
USS Harpers Ferry Class
LSD-49 USS Harpers Ferry San Diego, CA
LSD-50 USS Carter Hall Little Creek, VA
LSD-51 USS Oak Hill Little Creek, VA
LSD-52 USS Pearl Harbor San Diego, CA
109.7 Discuss the classes of ships that provide Naval Surface Fire Support
(NSFS).
Ships suitable for gunfire support include cruisers and destroyers.
Guided Missile Cruisers (CG, CGN)
The various CG classes carry two 5-inch/54 caliber rapid fore guns and surfaceto-surface
missiles. Maximum effective ranges of these batteries is 23,127
meters.
Destroyers (DD, DDG)
The types of ships most frequently found in a gunfire support role are destroyers.
Their normal role is in direct support of a battalion. The armament is the 5inch/54
caliber rapid fire gun. The maximum effective range is 23,127 meters.
Amphibious Assault Ships (LHA)
This type of ship is the least likely to perform in a gunfire support role, since it
cannot simultaneously conduct NGF missions, flight operations, and wet well
operations. These ships have two single 5-inch/54 caliber rapid fire guns.
109.8 Discuss the following terms as they apply to ship-to-shore movement:
L-hour
L-hour (amphibious operations). In amphibious operations, the time at which the
first helicopter of the helicopter-borne assault wave touches down in the landing
zone.
H-hour
H-hour (amphibious operations). For amphibious operations, the time the first
assault elements are scheduled to touch down on the beach, or a landing zone, and
in some cases the commencement of countermine breaching operations. force.”
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