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The Ouragan is a class of French
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
 landing platform docks operated by the French Navy
French Navy

The French Navy, officially the Marine nationale and often called La Royale , is the maritime arm of the French military. It consists of a full range of vessels, from patrol boats to guided missile frigates, and includes one nuclear aircraft carrier and ten nuclear submarines ....
. They are called Transport de Chalands de Débarquement (TCD, "landing craft transport")

The ships in that class are used for:






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The Ouragan is a class of French
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
 landing platform docks operated by the French Navy
French Navy

The French Navy, officially the Marine nationale and often called La Royale , is the maritime arm of the French military. It consists of a full range of vessels, from patrol boats to guided missile frigates, and includes one nuclear aircraft carrier and ten nuclear submarines ....
. They are called Transport de Chalands de Débarquement (TCD, "landing craft transport")

The ships in that class are used for:
  • the fast loading and unloading of landing craft
    Landing craft

    Landing craft are boats and seagoing vehicles used to convey a landing force from the sea to the shore during an Amphibious warfare. Most renowned are those used to storm the beaches of Normandy, the Mediterranean, and many Pacific islands during World War II....
    , and other equipment, carrying troops and vehicles;
  • carrying, supplying and operating helicopter
    Helicopter

    A helicopter is an aircraft that is Lift and propelled by one or more horizontal plane Helicopter rotors, each rotor consisting of two or more rotor blades....
    s transporting commando
    Commando

    In military science, the term commando denotes an individual soldier, a military unit, and a raid . Contemporarily, commando identifies ?lite light infantry and special forces units specialised in parachuting, rappelling, and amphibious warfare to conduct and effect attacks....
    s or providing close support;
  • transporting the mission crew;
  • commanding a landing operation of limited scale.


The class comprises:
  • Ouragan (Hurricane), L9021
  • Orage (Storm), L9022


The two ships of this class were supposedly due for transfer to the Argentine Navy
Argentine Navy

The Navy of the Argentine Republic or Armada of the Argentine Republic is the navy of Argentina. It is one of the three branches of the Argentine Armed Forces, together with the Argentine Army and the Argentine Air Force....
 in 2006 and 2007 but concerns about asbestos
Asbestos

Asbestos is a naturally occurring silicate mineral with long, thin fibrous crystals. The word asbestos is derived from a Greek language adjective meaning inextinguishable....
 (a toxic material) used on the ships construction had delay the decision.