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

Artist impression of the JLOS Karel Doorman

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

  1. ↑ Kimber, Andy. "Joint Support Ships Trumping the Jack of All Trades". BMT Defence Services Ltd. Missing or empty |url= (help); |access-date= requires |url= (help)
  2. 1 2 "Joint logistic Support Ship (JSS)" (in Dutch). Dutch Ministry of Defence. Retrieved February 27, 2018.
  3. 1 2 "Joint Support Ship". National Defence and the Canadian Armed Forces. Retrieved February 27, 2018.
  4. 1 2 "The Dutch JSS Multi-Purpose Support Ship". Defense Industry Daily. Retrieved February 27, 2018.
  5. ↑ "Karel Doorman klasse JSS" (in Dutch). marineschepen.nl. Retrieved February 27, 2018.
  6. 1 2 "Joint Support Ship: New and Replace Existing Systems". National Defence and the Canadian Armed Forces. Retrieved February 27, 2018.
  7. ↑ "Joint Support Ship - Taktische Konzept Mehrzweckschiff (TKM) - Einsatz Truppenunterstützungsschiff (ETrUS)". Global Security. Retrieved February 27, 2018.
  8. ↑ "Germany and the Netherlands sign Joint Support Ship LOI". Naval Today. Retrieved July 21, 2018.
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  • "Joint Support Ship, Taktische Konzept Mehrzweckschiff (TKM)".
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