Keywords: Mobile Landing Platform.jpg en Military Sealift Command large medium-speed roll-on/roll-off ship USNS Watkins back and heavy lift ship MV Mighty Servant I moor side-by-side off San Diego during a Mobile Landing Platform demonstration Oct 12 Cargo from Watkins was transferred to Mighty Servant I and then loaded onto hovercraft for delivery to shore during a test of a new military logistics concept known as seabasing Sea bases are envisioned as virtual floating military bases composed of more than a dozen amphibious assault ships auxiliary vessels and connector vessels These bases will enable the military to deploy U S forces and their cargo from the sea to contingency sites anywhere in the world Photo courtesy of Navy Program Executive Office http //www msc navy mil/sealift/2005/December/graphics/MLPcover jpg Navy Program Executive Office PD-USGov-Military-Navy Check categories 2011 January 13 en wikipedia Mobile_Landing_Platform ship 2 Amphibious warfare vessels of the United States Proposed or planned ships |