Unit Designation: Light Carrier Squadron 39 (CARSQA39)
Ship(s): Island-class light marine assault carrier (LMAC)

Unit Overview

The 39th Light Carrier squadron forms the transport element for the 612th Marine Expeditionary Unit. Flying the new and pioneering Island class light marine assault carriers, which comprise the latest in high-tech innovations to be used in Marine Corps service, just six of these ships are capable of transporting an entire marine expeditionary unit (including armor, support personnel, and supplies) to any destination in the Federation or abroad. Units of this class deployed to Starbase 672 "Hephaestus" include the squadron flagship Shetland (NCC-69814-H), carriers Guernsey (NCC-69815-E), Key West (NCC-51222-G), Monhegan (NCC-714833-C), and Matinicus (NCC-715222-D), and the auxiliary support vessel Nantucket (NCC-777144-B). Its ships are informally known within the marine garrison aboard the station as the "Mighty 39th."

DESIGN MISSION OBJECTIVES

Pursuant to Starfleet Marine Corps Directives 372.7 and 1425.5, and Federation Security Council General Policy, the following directives have been established for the Island class light marine assault carrier (LMAC) project: 1. Provide integrated transport, deployment, and on-site field support capabilities to marine expeditionary unit (MEU) personnel engaged in a wide spectrum of crises and contingencies. 2. Continue to maintain the Starfleet Marines Corps objective of "tactical integrity" (defined as a balanced force reaching the same location at the same time). 3. Be capable of independent or group operation both as a headquarters vessel for extended marine operations, or operation as an individual ship unit in air, space, and/or surface assaults. 4. Independent operation mode capability to meet or exceed one month under combat conditions. 5. Serve as a support and transport vehicle in times of war and emergencies. 6. Provide non-critical functions such as the transport of personnel and cargo when necessary, and extended aid. 7. Provide a mobile platform for testing and implementation of mission-specific or new technology, specifically in the areas of navigation, defense, and logistics.

PROJECT SUMMARY

CLASS MOTTO Amateurs think about tactics, but professionals think about logistics. (General Robert H. Barrow, USMC, 1980) TECHNICAL INFORMATION Name of Class: Island class light marine assault carrier Classification: Marine assault carrier, long-range Crew: 22 (2 officers – 20 enlisted) Payload: 700 tons of cargo, 10 tanks or 400 troops Development Project Started: 2407 Production Start Date: N/A (Approval Pending) Production End Date: N/A Current Status: 120 projected LOCATIONS OF CONSTRUCTION Antares Fleet Yards, Antares IV Atlas V Fleet Yards, Deneb V San Francisco Fleet Yards, Earth (projected) Eden Fleet Yards, Halo (projected) Utopia Planitia Fleet Yards, Mars (projected)

FULL STATISTICS

	DIMENSIONS Length: 75.4m Width: 42.2m Draft: 24.0m Decks: 3 Armor: Type 3 PERFORMANCE Main Core: Standard M/AM Warp Drive: Matter/Antimatter Nacelles: 2 Normal Cruise: Warp 7.0 Maximum Cruise: Warp 9.2 Emergency Speed: Warp 9.85 (for 16 hours) Sublight Drive: Twin Tandem Impulse Normal Cruise: 0.65c Emergency Speed: 0.72c (for 5 minutes) ACCOMODATIONS Enlisted: 20 Officers: 2 Payload: 700 tons of cargo, 10 tanks or 400 troops TRANSPORTERS Emergency: 10 DEFENSIVE SYSTEMS - WEAPONS Phasers: 6 pulse phaser cannons (4 forward, 2 aft) Torpedoes: 4 microtorpedo launchers (2 forward, 2 aft) Magazine: 200 micro torpedoes DEFENSIVE SYSTEMS - OTHER Ablative armor generator: 1mm type-3 armor Shield sustainable load: 3,500MW Shield auxiliary load: 85% of primary efficiency AUXILIARY CRAFT 4 type IV/VI reconnaissance and defense probes OTHER SYSTEMS High-resolution replicator systems
DECK PLANS
	Deck 1: Bridge, captain's ready room, crew quarters, officer barracks, armory, main sickbay, computer core (upper), emergency transporters 1-4, SIF/IDF generators, impulse engines, fusion reactors 1-2, dorsal phaser cannons, ablative armor generators Deck 2: Vehicle storage and maintenance, NCO barracks, marine barracks, main computer core (lower), warp core (upper), engineering bay, emergency transporters 5-8, emergency power generator and batteries, torpedo launchers and magazines, vehicle deployment ramps, landing struts and landing strut maintenance, high-res replicator control, high-res replicator, port and starboard phaser cannons, aft phaser cannons, ablative armor generators Deck 3: Hangar and maintenance bay, warp core (lower), flight control, machine shop, marine barracks, reprocessing facilities, main deflector control, main deflector, forward long-range sensor arrays, navigational deflector, emergency transporters 9-10, SIF/IDF generators, deuterium storage tanks, warp core ejection system, antimatter pod ejection system, ventral phaser cannons, ablative armor generators

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