Solomon had picked up on a marketing video I had posted a few days ago which show some nice, get-it-done RORO (roll-on-roll-off) landing ships in 3 different sizes and many configurations.
When looking at ships like this for not just Pacific operations but elsewhere, consider all the things they can do and not the few things they can't do.
For opposed landings against a force that knows what they are doing with layered defenses this kind of ship will get shot up. This isn't WWII where the U.S. built hundreds and thousands of this class of ship and can afford to lose a bunch as lessons-learned.
For other littoral work in some of the most demanding jungle and tight-water areas:
1. Inter-island logistics and deployment: construction equipment, supplies, military gear of all kinds, troops in and out, name it.
2. Helipads for all reasons. The list is long here. Think about it.
3. Workshops to support anti-mine efforts, patrol boats and anything else.
4. ELINT/SIGINT/COMINT/ECM/radar bases.
5. MASH-like hospital.
6. SPECFOR or battalion/regiment/brigade HQ.
7. Chain down some precision rocket arillery on deck as a fire-support base.
8. Local recreation for troops coming off duty to refresh and relax a bit.
9. Similar to 8, barracks ship for ongoing ops.
10. Vehicle repair shop / ordnance workshop.
11. Relocating civilians out of harms way.
12. Disaster relief.
13. POL ship.
And so on. Ships like this could be real heroes for a theater commander.
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