landing craft

Noun

Meaning

naval craft designed for putting ashore troops and equipment

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

cruiser aircraft carrier amphibious vehicle hovercraft amphibious assault landing ship amphibious landing armored vessel fast warship with a large crew defence ships i silc landing boats landing craft units lcus landing ships long warships

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Antonyms

ground combat vehicle

Hypernyms

craft

Related terms

LPD landing ship landing platform dock

Examples

Additional firepower was provided by eight landing craft fitted with over 1,000 high-explosive rockets and 24 LCTs, each carrying four M7 Priest self-propelled guns. Source: Internet

Admiral Ernest J. King fought with Eisenhower over King's refusal to provide additional landing craft from the Pacific. Source: Internet

Allied landing craft put ashore 66,000 soldiers and 6,500 tactical vehicles along a 30-mile stretch of the French Riviera between the cities of Toulon and Cannes. Source: Internet

A landing craft of the initial assault wave nears the smoke-shrouded coast following a heavy naval bombardment. Source: Internet

Another convert shoreward of this line was a continuous line of 450 ramps sloping towards the shore, also with mines attached and designed to force flat-bottomed landing craft to ride up and either flip or detonate the mine. Source: Internet

During the raid, the commandos sank a torpedo boat, a coast guard boat, a tank landing craft, and a missile boat. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

landing apron landing boats landing by a spacecraft landing craft air cushion landing craft infantry landing craft tank