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NOTE: This article is about the USMC's USS Khe Sanh amphibious assault ship in ArmA 2. For the Khe Sanh terrain featured in ArmA 3's S.O.G. Prairie Fire Creator DLC, see Khe Sanh (terrain).


The USS Khe Sanh (LHD-9) is an amphibious assault ship utilised by the U.S. Marine Corps in ArmA 2.

Overview[]

  • Role:
    • Amphibious warfare vessel

Design[]

The USS Khe Sanh serves as the lead ship of the 27th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) deployed to the Green Sea region. Wasp-class ships like the Khe Sanh provide the U.S. Navy with an unrivalled ability to attack hostile shores around the world.

It is capable of hosting almost the entirety of the MEU's air elements, ranging from its rotary and fixed-wing aviation assets in the form of AH-1Z, MH-60S, and UH-1Y attack/utility helicopters, MV-22 Osprey transports, AV-8B attack jets, as well as F-35 stealth fighters.

Along with aircraft, ground assets also include the MEU's M1A1/M1A2 series of main battle tanks, LAV-25 light armoured vehicles and AAVP-7A1 amphibious assault vehicles.

NOTE: The USS Khe Sanh is a static in-game object that cannot be 'driven' like a true ship. It can be found by default positioned to the south of the Utes island, or created via script in the mission editor.

Trivia[]

The USS Khe Sanh's theme: Khe Sanh Riff

  • The ship has its own unique theme that only plays on official missions[3] and showcases[4] that feature the Khe Sanh.
  • The Khe Sanh is based on the real-life "Wasp" series of amphibious assault ships that are still in use by the U.S. Marine Corps.
    • Its hull number (LHD-9) designates the Khe Sanh as the ninth ship after the USS Makin Island (LHD-8). However, the Khe Sanh itself is completely fictitious as only eight Wasp-class LHDs were ever planned to be constructed.[5]
  • Arma2-lhd-04

    Exterior view of the well dock (top) and its partially modelled interior with culled "walls" (bottom).

    Only partial sections of the interior are modelled, such as the briefing room, a vehicle hangar, and several passageways that lead straight back to the flight deck. Oddly enough, the Khe Sanh also has a well dock that is partially modelled but cannot be accessed through normal means.
  • The ship features a number of anti-aircraft systems located at various points on the ship, ranging from the "Mk-29 GMLS" and "Mk-49 GMLS" launchers to the "C-RAM" point-defence turrets. However, they are completely non-functional and cannot be manned or controlled to fire at enemy aircraft.
  • Although it doesn't make a physical appearance in ArmA: Armed Assault's main campaign, the official Armaverse Timeline states that it was deployed for the duration of the Sahrani Conflict.[6]
  • Arma2-lhd-03

    Approximate (official) location of the GSR as seen in the IDAP showcase from ArmA 3's Laws of War DLC

    How the Khe Sanh was able to somehow able to enter the Green Sea[7] in the first place has never been explained.
    • The sole brief mention of there possibly being a waterway that the Khe Sanh could have transited through is a so-called "Khardaran strait" in one of the main campaign's missions, Bitter Chill.[8] Where exactly this strait is supposedly located or what larger body of water that it is connected to remains unclear, however.
  • The Khe Sanh was the first large, non-controllable static ship to become available in the series. In terms of size, it would only be succeeded by the USS Freedom (CVN-83) in ArmA 3 that would be added with the release of the Jets DLC.
The following information stems from Bohemia Interactive's Take On Helicopters
  • LHDs seemingly based on the Khe Sanh are stationed at the Bremerton Docklands, as depicted in Bohemia Interactive's Take On Helicopters.[9] However, it is not known if any of these LHDs are canonically the Khe Sanh given that all of them share the same hull number (LHD-9) and reuse the exact same model.

Gallery[]

References[]

  1. ↑ Mořický, K 2009, Marines En Route to Green Sea, AAN Online, viewed 13 November 2024, <http://aan.moricky.com/en/europe/2-marines-en-route-to-green-sea.html>.
  2. ↑ Mořický, K 2009, US confirms Marine incursion, AAN Online, viewed 13 November 2024, <http://aan.moricky.com/en/europe/7-us-confirms-marine-incursion.html>.
  3. ↑ ARMA 2 2009 [Video Game], Bohemia Interactive a.s., Operation Harvest Red, First To Fight
  4. ↑ ARMA 2 2009 [Video Game], Bohemia Interactive a.s., Trial By Fire
  5. ↑ Naval-technology.com 2020, LHD Wasp Class Amphibious Assault Ships, Naval-technology.com, viewed 2 April 2023, <https://www.naval-technology.com/projects/wasp/>.
  6. ↑ Mořický, K et al. 2011, Armaverse Timeline, Bohemia Interactive Community Wiki, viewed 26 November 2023, <https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Armaverse_Timeline>.
  7. ↑ ARMA 3: Laws of War 2017 [Video Game], Bohemia Interactive a.s., SHOWCASE: Laws of War, \a3\missions_f_orange\data\img\faction_idap\info_idap1_co.paa, "SURVIVORS' STORIES"
  8. ↑ ARMA 2 2009 [Video Game], Bohemia Interactive a.s., Operation Harvest Red, Bitter Chill, "The 27th MEU is leaving Chernarussian territory today, 17. October 2009 at 1700hrs, to be replaced by Russian Federation peacekeepers. The Kremlin claimed that USMC forces were incapable of controlling terrorist organizations - namely NAPA - convincing the UN to rescind it's approval. Many feel the Russians would have invaded anyway and that the UN complied so as not to seem toothless should the Federation act unilaterally. Without UN backing, the US feel forced to abandon Chernarus to the Russians. After the attack on Moscow sympathy and support for this position is widespread, with global public opinion and many national governments supporting the move. Razor Team will secure FOB Manhattan until it is dismantled and will then transfer directly to the Khe Sanh, leaving the region via the Khardaran strait. The transition from US to Russian control will of necessity be chaotically swift, USEUCOM has ordered there be no contact between the two powers."
  9. ↑ Take On Helicopters 2011 [Video Game], Bohemia Interactive a.s., Lark Rising, The Shadow of the Blade

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See also[]

Naval vessels
Aircraft carriers USS Freedom
Amphibious assault ships USS Khe Sanh
Amphibious transport docks USS Takmyr*
Destroyers USS Liberty
Submarines HMS Proteus
* denotes semi-official content from the Armaverse-oriented Expeditionary Forces Creator DLC. It is not an official asset that canonically exists in the Armaverse.
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