Re: Merchant Hulls and Amphibious Vessesls

Johnnemann Nordhagen wrote:
> 
> Quick question, not really relevant to anything here: What does
> everyone mean by "amphibious" ships? I believe that an amphibious ship
> refers to one that can operate on both water and land, like an
> amphibian. Needless to say, it doesn't seem that this would apply in
> space. Just confused,
> 
> --
> Johnnemann Nordhagen (jsnord@rof.net)

An amphibious ship can be that but usually only would land upon the
beach.	The primary meaning is a ship designed to launch assualts on the
land usually by a bunch of marines in truly amphibious vehicles.  The
term I like is "Gator freightor".