USS_Cleveland_LPD-7

The USS Cleveland, LSD-7, was a newly commission dual purpose amphibious assault ship that carried two of the four Marine companies that made up the Battalion Landing Team, called the BLT. The Cleveland had a landing platform for helicopters at the stern or rear section of the ship. Below this aft deck, there were stern loading doors that opened to the sea that served as a dock for amphibious landing craft called amtracks.

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