Joint Support Ship
A joint support ship (JSS) is a multi-role naval ship capable of launching and supporting "joint" amphibious operations. It also provides sea-lift, underway support, sea-basing and logistics capabilities for combined army and naval missions.[1][2][3]
Features
Joint Support Ships have several common features to support the many multi-roles it can fulfill for both navies and armies. Below are some examples of these common features:
- For sealift deck space is required for transport of heavy equipment and passenger space for military personnel.[3]
- For underway support Joint Support Ships need enough fuel storage tanks and dry storage for ammunition/food and other supplies for replenishing other ships while underway.[4]
- And for sea basing command rooms for mission coordination, a helicopter deck and/or LCU's for transport to shore and other support facilities like hospital rooms.[5][6]
Furthermore to fulfill the multi-role part a flexible modular design allows for configuration of temporary areas for different purposes as missions require. As such it is basically a combination of an amphibious warfare ship and different auxiliary ships like replenishment oiler, transport ship and hospital ship in one.[2]
German Taktische Konzept Mehrzweckschiff
Proposed ship 196 meters long, 20,000 ton displacement.[7]
- Range 7500 nautical miles
- RoRo capability
- space for 271 vehicles
- 8 helicopters
- 1 landing craft
- Room for 700 military personnel
- and a 70 bed hospital with 2 operating rooms
Canadian Joint Support Ship
The Canadian Navy are planning to build the Protecteur-class, which is a class made up of 3 Joint Support Ships.[6]
Dutch Joint Support Ship
Since 2015 the Dutch Navy has the HNLMS Karel Doorman as their only Joint Support Ship.[4] In 2016 the Dutch and German Ministers of Defence agreed that the HNLMS Karel Doorman would be shared by both the Dutch Navy and the German Navy.[8]
References
- ↑ Kimber, Andy. "Joint Support Ships Trumping the Jack of All Trades". BMT Defence Services Ltd. Missing or empty
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(help) - 1 2 "Joint logistic Support Ship (JSS)" (in Dutch). Dutch Ministry of Defence. Retrieved February 27, 2018.
- 1 2 "Joint Support Ship". National Defence and the Canadian Armed Forces. Retrieved February 27, 2018.
- 1 2 "The Dutch JSS Multi-Purpose Support Ship". Defense Industry Daily. Retrieved February 27, 2018.
- ↑ "Karel Doorman klasse JSS" (in Dutch). marineschepen.nl. Retrieved February 27, 2018.
- 1 2 "Joint Support Ship: New and Replace Existing Systems". National Defence and the Canadian Armed Forces. Retrieved February 27, 2018.
- ↑ "Joint Support Ship - Taktische Konzept Mehrzweckschiff (TKM) - Einsatz Truppenunterstützungsschiff (ETrUS)". Global Security. Retrieved February 27, 2018.
- ↑ "Germany and the Netherlands sign Joint Support Ship LOI". Naval Today. Retrieved July 21, 2018.