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landing craft

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landing craft [′land·iŋ ‚kraft]
(naval architecture)
A combat vessel employed in amphibious warfare to transport mobile equipment, amphibious vehicles, tanks, general cargo, and personnel, and to discharge such directly on to the beach; the vessel ranges from 36 to 135 feet (11 to 41 meters) in length and differs from landing ships in that it is not designed for long transoceanic voyages.
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The pictures, taken during secret reconnaissance flights by pilots in unarmed planes, show details such as prisoners in the yard at Colditz, vehicles leaving landing craft on D-Day and craters left in the ground from bombing raids on a German weapons testing site.
War archive photos bring conflict to life by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
He served in the Pacific Theatre during the battle at Iwo Jima and thereafter participated as a life member of the Landing Craft Infantry and was a regular attendee at their annual reunions.
Frederick Magiera by Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA)
Byline: Staff Report Abu Dhabi: Ship Building (ADSB) has begun work on the first of two steel landing craft being built for the Royal Bahrain Naval Forces.
ADSB starts work on Bahrain vessels by Gulf News (United Arab Emirates)
 
 
 
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