LHD-069

LHD-069 is an incontrollable military aircraft carrier that is featured in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. The carrier is the first ever large-scaled ship to appear in a GTA game, and is docked at the Easter Basin Naval Station in Easter Basin, San Fierro.

Description
The ship is accessible to the player, but due to it's location, the player will instantly recieve a 5-star wanted level since its located within the restricted boundry of Easter Basin. Accessible areas aboard the ship include the flight deck and the two internal decks; players do not have any access to the interiors of the upper levels of the ship's superstructure.

The flight deck is capable of functioning as a runway for nearly any plane. In addition to the supersturcture, two SAM sites are also installed here, while a Hydra will occasionally spawn on the flight deck after completing "Vertical Bird". The internal decks resemble warehouses, complete with crates and explosive military armaments (which will explode when shot at, similar to explosive barrels) scattered and stacked around the area. Large loading bays on the upper deck of the ship are also incorporated into the ship, although the loading bay, and the rear door seperating the wet dock from the open waters, is only functional during the mission "Vertical Bird". Vending Machines are available in a recreational room on the upper internal deck, next to a stairwell. Forklifts and a Vortex are located close to the lower deck's wet dock (which can be driven out up the stairs) can also by commandeered. In addition, a Tear Gas pickup may be found near a small box in the internal deck.

Appearance in missions
The ship makes one notable appearance in "Vertical Bird". During this mission, Mike Toreno sends Carl Johnson to invade the ship and steal a military aircraft. With the ship's rear cargo door opened, expecially for this mission, the player is required to infiltrate the ship through the wet dock and fight/sneak their way up the ship, and steal a Hydra while avoiding personnel on the ground and in the air.

Trivia

 * The LHD-069 is modeled after the Wasp class amphibious assult ship, which was first commissioned in 1989 (compared with San Andreas' 1992 timeline) also uses an "LHD-x" classification to identify multiple Wasp class ships. As only eight Wasp class ships (numbered LHD-1 to LHD-8) were built, "LHD-069" numbering deliberately selected as a running gag.