What is the significance of boson spin? The Higgs Boson has spin 0; photons, gluons, W and Z bosons, have spin 1; the hypothetical graviton is said to have spin 2. What significance do these numbers have? Update Cancel
The Landing Ship Tank (LST) is one of the most famous of the many World War II amphibious warfare ships. Capable of discharging its cargo directly on to shore and extracting itself, the LST provided the backbone of all Allied landings between 1943 and 1945, notably during the D-Day invasion.
Military Sealift Command's newest class of ships - Large, Medium-speed, Roll-on/Roll-off Ships, or LMSR - will significantly expand the nation's sealift capability in the 1990s and beyond. Nineteen LMSRs had been converted or built at U.S. shipyards by the year 2001.