Light Attack Craft

WARSHIP TYPES
LAC Carrier (CLAC)
Superdreadnought (SD)
Dreadnought (DN)
Battlecruiser (BC)
Heavy Cruiser (CA)
Light Cruiser (CL)
Destroyer (DD)
Light Attack Craft (LAC)
Pinnace

A Light Attack Craft (abbrev. LAC) is a sublight war vessel operated by several Honorverse navies, including the RMN, GSN, IAN, and RHN. LACs are not capable of faster-than-light travel, so the RMN developed the CLAC (Carrier, Light Attack Craft) as a hyper-capable ship carrying a number (usually approximately 80-100) of LACs to deploy in battle.

TRMN chapter type

In The Royal Manticoran Navy: The Official Honor Harrington Fan Association, Inc. (TRMN), a LAC is the smallest permanent independent ship chapter available, and is a Tier 3 chapter per PD-SC-1003 Chapter and Echelon Policy. A LAC requires a minimum of three members, to include a Commanding Officer who has a minimum rank of O-3, an enlisted bosun who is E-7 or higher, and at least one additional member.

LAC names

Unlike hyper-capable chapters, which must select a canon ship name as provided by BuShips, LAC crews may create a ship name, subject only to BuShips limitations on good taste and avoiding replication of existing ship names. This reflects the idea that LAC crews select nicknames for their vessels, much like WWII bomber plane crews did.

Each LAC chapter is assigned a Hull Number sequential in order of commissioning within TRMN.

Prefixes

Royal Manticoran Navy: HMLAC (Her Majesty's Light Attack Craft)

Grayson Space Navy: GSNLAC (Grayson Space Navy Light Attack Craft)

Republic of Haven Navy: RHLAC (Republic of Haven Light Attack Craft)

Echelon Units

Any fleet with one or more LACs must appoint a COLAC (Commanding Officer, Light Attack Craft) to oversee operations of LACs. Fleet COs may organize LACs within their order of battle into the following types of echelons, each of which will be commanded by a COLAC:

LAC Wing: all LACs operating from a CLAC.
LAC Group: a unit of LACs not operating from a CLAC.

Wings and Groups may be divided into LAC Flights of consisting 2-3 LACs, and commanded by a Flight Leader who is the senior LAC CO within the flight.

List of TRMN LACs

Number	Name	Class	Commissioned	Fleet	Upgraded to
LAC-001	HMLAC Kiki	Ferret	5 December 2011<ref>BuShips Directive 1112-01</ref>	7th	HMS Loki
LAC-002	HMLAC Grimalkin	Shrike-B	28 February 2012<ref>BuShips Directive 1202-02</ref>	10th	HMS Bedivere<ref>BuShips Directive 1209-03</ref>
LAC-003	HMLAC Zwicky	Ferret	17 March 2012<ref>BuShips Directive 1203-04</ref>	1st<ref>Originally assigned to 3rd, later part of 1st</ref>	HMS Bedivere<ref>BuShips Directive 1204-01</ref>
LAC-004	HMLAC Superior	Ferret	22 October 2012<ref>BuShips Directive 1210-04</ref>	2nd	decommissioned<ref>BuShips Directive 2106-04</ref>
LAC-005	HMLAC Highlander's Pride	Ferret	11 November 2012<ref>BuShips Directive 1211-03</ref>	2nd	HMS Ajax<ref>BuShips Directive 1408-06</ref>
LAC-006	HMLAC Coyote	Ferret	28 January 2013<ref>BuShips Directive 1301-02</ref>	6th	HMS Lionheart<ref>BuShips Directive 1702-01</ref>
LAC-007	HMLAC Tiberius	Ferret	2 March 2013<ref>BuShips Directive 1303-01</ref>	6th
LAC-008	HMLAC Velociraptor	Ferret	13 August 2013<ref>BuShips Directive 1308-03</ref>	6th	HMS Havoc<ref>BuShips Directive 1309-03</ref>
LAC-009	HMLAC Rising Star			6th	HMS Ares<ref>BuShips Directive 1509-03</ref>
LAC-010	HMLAC Cochrane		2015	10th
LAC-011	GSNLAC Green Knight		21 September 2015<ref>Second Fleet Order 1509-A</ref>	2nd	HMS Vixen
LAC-012	HMLAC Sgian Dubh	Katana	3 April 2016<ref>Second Fleet Order 1604-A</ref>	2nd
LAC-013	HMLAC Caleb	Katana	25 April 2016<ref>Second Fleet Order 1604-D</ref>	2nd	HMS Roland<ref>BuShips Directive 1706-01</ref>
LAC-014	HMLAC Abraxas	Shrike-B	26 April 2016<ref>Second Fleet Order 1604-F</ref>	2nd
LAC-015	HMLAC Aetolian
LAC-016	HMLAC Fenrir			3rd	decommissioned<ref>BuShips Directive 1706-05</ref>
LAC-017	HMLAC White Wolf<ref>Part of LAC Wing 29 per Naval Directive 16JUN-03</ref>			3rd
LAC-018	HMLAC Stiletto	Katana	6 June 2016<ref>Second Fleet Order 1606-A</ref>	2nd	HMS Galahad<ref>BuShips Directive 1612-11</ref>
LAC-019	HMLAC Echidna			3rd	decommissioned<ref>BuShips Directive 1708-03</ref>
LAC-020	GSNLAC Lilla Björn		11 November 2016<ref>Second Fleet Order 1611-A</ref>	2nd<ref>Later transferred to 10th (Naval Directive 17MAY-02)</ref>
LAC-021	GSNLAC Vital Grandin			10th	decommissioned<ref>BuShips Directive 1709-03</ref>
LAC-022	HMLAC Tiger's Pride	Shrike-B	26 May 2017<ref>Second Fleet Order 1705-D</ref>	2nd
LAC-023	GSNLAC Crescent Moon				GNS Hector Ferelli<ref>BuShips Directive 1712-06</ref>
LAC-024	GSNLAC Gideon's Sword	Katana	10 February 2018<ref>Fourth Fleet Order 12-1002-18</ref>	4th	decommissioned<ref>BuShips Directive 2009-02</ref>
LAC-025	HMLAC Vincit			1st
LAC-026	HMLAC Constantine	Ferret	28 July 2018<ref>Fourth Fleet Order 23-2807-18</ref>	4th	HMS Pegasus<ref>BuShips Directive 1811-08</ref>
LAC-027	HMLAC Acasta		6 November 2018<ref>6th Fleet Order 1811-02</ref>	6th
LAC-028
LAC-029	HMLAC Gungnir	Shrike	5 April 2019<ref>Second Fleet Order 1904-A</ref>	2nd
LAC-030	HMLAC Scythe	Shrike-B	13 June 2019<ref>Second Fleet Order 1906-B</ref>	2nd
LAC-031	HMLAC Faraway Quest	Shrike-B	13 June 2019<ref>Second Fleet Order 1906-D</ref>	2nd	HMS Samurai<ref>BuShips Directive 1909-01</ref>
LAC-032	HMLAC Fastjack	Katana<ref>Shrike-B class in commissioning order.</ref>	15 July 2019<ref>Eighth Fleet Order 1907-B</ref>	8th
LAC-033	HMLAC Browncoat	Shrike-B	6 October 2019<ref>Eighth Fleet Order 1910-A</ref>	8th	HMS Tornado<ref>BuShips Directive 2002-08</ref>
LAC-034	HMLAC Banturon		11 December, 2019<ref>Second Fleet Order 1912-D</ref>	2nd	HMS Havoc<ref>BuShips Directive 2006-01</ref>
LAC-035	HMLAC Gazala		24 December 2019<ref>6th Fleet Order 1912-04</ref>	6th
LAC-036	HMLAC Corax		27 January 2020	6th	decommissioned<ref>BuShips Directive 2003-01</ref>
LAC-037	HMLAC Banshee			1st	HMS Devastation<ref>BuShips Directive 2011-02</ref>
LAC-038	HMLAC Detriment	Shrike-B	15 April 2023<ref>First Fleet Order 2304-01</ref>	1st
RHLAC-002	RHLAC Pitchfork	Cimiterre	18 August 2018	13th
SMLAC-001	SMLAC Arminius		9 June 2017<ref>Second Fleet Order 1706-B</ref>	2nd	SMS Haudegen}<ref>BuShips Directive 1911-03</ref>

External links

Light Attack Craft at Honorverse wiki

References

LACs
Royal Manticoran Navy
Ferret (LAC)	Constantine - Coyote - Highlander's Pride - Kiki - Superior - Tiberius - Velociraptor - Zwicky
Shrike (LAC)	Gungnir
Shrike-B (LAC)	Abraxas - Browncoat - Detriment - Faraway Quest - Grimalkin - Scythe - Tiger's Pride
Grayson Space Navy
Katana (LAC)	Caleb - Fastjack - Gideon's Sword - Sgian Dubh - Stiletto
Republic of Haven Navy
Cimeterre (LAC)	Pitchfork