U.S. amphibious ship visits Tokyo port to take part in disaster drill

Friday 28th August, 03:15 AM JST

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notimpressed at 10:42 AM JST - 28th August

How is it amphibious? Can it drive on land?
evildave at 10:50 AM JST - 28th August

It can sail right up to the beach, lower a ramp in the front and disembark personnel and vehicles directly onto land.
notimpressed at 11:06 AM JST - 28th August

OK. Not exactly amphibious, but I can see how it could get the label. Imagine a 17,000 ton ship driving through buildings in a city....scary.
knowitall at 02:40 PM JST - 28th August

It can sail right up to the beach,

No it can't. Has anyone heard of google? And amphibious transport dock like the Denver transports the landing craft that do go ashore. The ship itself cannot go ashore. Anyone that really cared could find out more than they ever needed to know about an amphibious transport dock by googling it.
notimpressed at 04:03 PM JST - 28th August

errr, he didnt say it could go ashore, just up to the beach. At any rate, I figured a know it all would prefer to enlighten me =). I generally consider something amphibious to be something that can go on land as well as water, that was the reason I posed the question. Anyway, the titles says one thing, but the article , as you pointed out, says that the dock is the part that is amphibious. Maybe I will google it when I can be bothered, but this is not something I need to know.
Boborama at 11:16 AM JST - 3rd September

Show a picture next time.