landing craft
noun
: any of numerous naval craft designed for conveying troops and equipment from a transport to a beach in an amphibious assault
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Another dad, who seemed to me a nerd, steered landing crafts on multiple island invasions.
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Washington Post, 14 June 2024
In the early hours of 6 June, thousands of landing craft – part of the largest invasion fleet in history – began transporting men and equipment across the Channel.
—The Week Uk, theweek, 6 June 2024
China could supplement its naval transport vessels with civilian ships, but such ships unload slowly, as the British rediscovered in the Falklands in 1982, and these would share with the military fleet a limited number of landing craft for getting supplies from ship to shore.
—Rachel Esplin Odell, Foreign Affairs, 9 Aug. 2021
On June 6, 1944, about 7,000 ships and landing craft, 156,000 men and 10,000 vehicles attacked German forces in Normandy, France.
—Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 5 June 2024
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Washington Post, 14 June 2024
In the early hours of 6 June, thousands of landing craft – part of the largest invasion fleet in history – began transporting men and equipment across the Channel.
—The Week Uk, theweek, 6 June 2024
China could supplement its naval transport vessels with civilian ships, but such ships unload slowly, as the British rediscovered in the Falklands in 1982, and these would share with the military fleet a limited number of landing craft for getting supplies from ship to shore.
—Rachel Esplin Odell, Foreign Affairs, 9 Aug. 2021
On June 6, 1944, about 7,000 ships and landing craft, 156,000 men and 10,000 vehicles attacked German forces in Normandy, France.
—Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 5 June 2024
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“Landing craft.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/landing%20craft. Accessed 2 Jul. 2024.
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