landing craft

English

Noun

landing craft (plural landing crafts or landing craft)

1. (nautical, military) A type of flat-bottomed boat used to transport infantry and vehicles onto a shore during an assault from the sea.
   • 1954 March, “The Hayman Island Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 207:

     Turpentine timber was obtained from the forests outside Maryborough and Townsville, and shipped by rail and landing craft to Hayman Island.

Derived terms

• LC
• landing craft tank, LCT
• landing craft infantry, LCI
• landing craft vehicle, LCV
• landing craft utility, LCU
• landing craft air cushion, LCAC

 

Related terms

• landing platform dock (LPD)
• landing ship

Translations

a type of flat-bottomed boat

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  Mandarin: 登陸艇 / 登陆艇 (zh) (dēnglùtǐng)

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• Finnish: maihinnousualus (fi)
• French: chaland de débarquement
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• German: Landungsfahrzeug n
• Greek: αποβατικό σκάφος n (apovatikó skáfos)
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See also

• amphibious assault ship

Further reading

• landing craft on Wikipedia.Wikipedia