Merchant Hulls and Amphibious Vessesls

Having served on a U.S. Navy Amphibious Flagship and seeing merchants, I
can
tell you that they are not the same.  The Rules in MT regarding
amphibious
ships should be changed.  IF you have a merchant ship and convert it to
carry
troops then you save money on the design and carry the burden of lack of
DC
capability or hull integrity.
  True Amphibious ships are warships that devote their mass to troops
instead
of weapons but they still maintain the same level of hull integrity and
Damage Control capability.
  Therefore I propose that Amphibious ships be established using
standard
military hulls and drive costs.  The difference is that they can devote
only
10 percent of their mass to weapons, the remaining to troops.  This
means
that they can carry (MASS*5) number of troops.	The amphibious landing
boats
are considered in the troop carrying capacity, but none are assault
boats.
 These would have to be counted against the troops capacity...
  Tell me what you think.
      Phil  P.