What does AAS stand for?

Amphibious Assault Ship (US DoD)

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Military and Government

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Samples in periodicals archive:

The Mistral is a 21,000-tonne, 200-metre (650-foot) amphibious assault ship that can carry heavy-lift helicopters, landing craft, tanks and up to 900 commandos.

EDF to join Russian South Stream pipeline project

The newly-built 684-foot (208-meter) amphibious assault ship, designed to carry up to 800 marines and helicopters, marked its maiden voyage into New York earlier this month.

US ship built from twin tower steel commissioned

RUSSIA MAY APPROACH OTHERS The Mistral, marketed by French naval concern DCNS and estimated by analysts to cost 300 million euros, is an amphibious assault ship able to carry helicopters, personnel, armoured vehicles and tanks thousands of miles.

Russia: Russia eyes French warship after Georgia conflict

Neff Parrott, commanding officer of the USS Bonhomme Richard, an amphibious assault ship of the landing helicopter dock, or LHD, class.

Disaster relief: naval forces see greater demand for large amphibious ...

Some of these ships are used to carry men, vehicles, and planes, like aircraft carriers, and amphibious assault ships.

The U.S. Navy Much More than A Bunch of Ships

Marine Corps UH-1N Huey helicopter to its parking space on the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS Peleliu (LHA-5).

Maintainers in the trenches

The event culminates on the weekend of July 1-2 when the massive amphibious assault ship HMS Albion, affiliated to Chester, takes part in the All Aboard maritime festival in Liverpool.

Chance to honour Mersey navy links

amphibious assault ship docked at this Red Sea resort yesterday, but killed a Jordanian soldier in the most serious strike at the Navy since the destroyer Cole bombing nearly five years ago.

Rocket narrowly misses U.S. ship; Jordanian dies