Major Force Landing Ships
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| Big LPD Major Force Landing Ship Concept Art
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| Class overview | |
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| Name: | Hero Class |
| Operators: | Spirit Of Hope Navy |
| Built: | 2015-present |
| In service: | 2016-present |
| Planned: | 8 |
| Building: | 1 |
| Completed: | 6 |
| Active: | 6 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Major Force Landing Ship |
| Displacement: | 75,500 tons |
| Length: | 666ft (266m) |
| Beam: | 75ft (32m) |
| Draft: | 23ft (11m) |
| Installed power: | two diesel engines providing 30,000 hp |
| Propulsion: | one propeller and two thrusters |
| Speed: | 22 knots |
| Capacity: | 26,000 m2 |
| Troops: | 5,000 |
| Crew: | 46 |
| Armament: | 2 × RAM |
| Aviation facilities: | Weather deck suitable for helicopter take off and landing |
Major Force Landing ships, later renamed the Hope Class, is a class of amphibious warships operated by the Spirit of Hope Navy. The MFLS are capable of carrying almost an entire Spirit of Hope Army mechanized regiment and landing them in hostile territory through landing craft and limmited helicopter operations.