that would only be an good idea for a few years back, as currently the LPD tactics have changed a lot.... the LPD is just an too big target to get close to the shore.
no, my idea is of an small, light combat boat with reasonably large guns (76mm guns might even be sufficient, there are versions of those with land attack projectiles, heck even 57mm's with those, but I would favor an 127) but I cannot think of many more tasks for it to do, apart from OPV/anti-piracy operations, where it's guns would be way too big.
or: an honking large expensive ship which stays over or near the horizon so to say, and fires 155mm guns and missiles to the coast. the zumwalt comes to mind.......
any ideas guys, because both of those don't seem very attractive. the last time I looked at something like this I produced the shore bombardement spruance....
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