A Chronology and Development Status of the Amphibious Assault Landing Craft JEFF(A)

The Amphibious Assault Landing Craft (AALC), currently being developed by the United States Navy for Marine Corp use, is a high performance air cushion vehicle (ACV) specifically designed to the requirements of a unique advanced landing craft system. Initially conceived in the mid-1960's, one of two preliminary design contracts was awarded to the Aerojet-General Corporation in January, 1970, followed in March of 1971 by a contract for the design, construction and test of a developmental prototype designated the JEFF(A).

This paper presents a discussion of major program events leading to the present state of construction of the JEFF(A), followed by a design description of the craft and major subsystems, including unique design criteria. Additionally, the present state of construction including illustrations of major subsystems is given. Finally, a discussion is presented of the events planned from the present time through completion of Navy trials.