USS Kearsarge LHD-3

USS Kearsarge (LHD-3), a Wasp-class amphibious assault ship of the US Navy, made from scratch for Arma Reforger. It works on its own: you do not need any other mod.

**What it is**
- A ship that stays still at sea. When you place it or move it in Game Master, it sets itself at sea level and upright. Placed over land, it still goes to sea level. It does not sail: the propellers and rudders do not turn.
- Flight deck, island, hangar, vehicle garage and a flooded well deck, built from the public measurements of the real ship (257 m hull).
- A two-leaf stern gate (about 10 seconds per leaf) and two deck-edge elevators that travel 9.45 m (31 ft) between the hangar and the flight deck. A soldier on foot uses them with the actions "Porta da doca" (stern gate), "Chamar o elevador" (call the elevator) and, on the platform, "Descer/Subir o elevador" (lower/raise the elevator).
- You can walk on the flight deck, in the hangar and in the well deck.
- Two US spawn points: one in the hangar and one on the bridge.
- The Phalanx, RAM, Mk 29, Mk 38 and the three M2 .50 are scenery only. They do not fire.

**Game Master pieces**
- **USS Kearsarge (LHD-3)**: places the ship.
- **Porta da doca aberta (USS Kearsarge)** (stern gate open): place it near a ship (up to 50 m) and that ship opens its stern gate. Delete the piece and the gate closes.
- **Elevador de bombordo descido (USS Kearsarge)** (port elevator down): the port elevator goes down to the hangar. Delete the piece and it comes back up.
- **Elevador de boreste descido (USS Kearsarge)** (starboard elevator down): the same for the starboard elevator.

How the three small pieces behave: far from any ship they do nothing. Only the Game Master sees them. Each piece links to the nearest ship once, half a second after it is placed; moving it later does not change the link. If two equal pieces sit on the same ship, deleting one changes nothing while the other one stays. The piece and the soldier's action give the same order, and the last order wins.

**Not yet**
- The ship does not sail.
- No aircraft, vehicles or seats on board.
- The defensive weapons do not fire.
- Seen from far away, there are still small dark patches near the stern.
- Not tested on PS5 or in multiplayer.

**Requirements**
- Arma Reforger. No other mod.

**Credits and licenses**
- The ship (hull, flight deck, island, hangar, garage, well deck, gate, elevators, weapon shells and paint) was made from scratch, from public measurements of the real ship. No mesh, texture or script from another ship mod is used.
- M2 .50 machine guns: model `M2_static` from **Arma 2 Sample Models**, Copyright (c) 2013 Bohemia Interactive a.s., under the **Arma Public License (APL)**, http://www.bistudio.com/licenses/arma-public-license. Package: https://tr4.bistudio.com/A2SM_Data_DPL_APL.zip. Modified: axes and scale changed, placed on a new mount with a U-shaped shield. Provided as is, without warranty of any kind. This work is not endorsed by Bohemia Interactive.
- The position and size of the propellers, rudders, shafts and bow were measured on the LHD from Arma 2 Sample Models (Bohemia Interactive, APL). No mesh was copied from it.
- License of this mod: Arma Public License (APL).