(for assault landing)
21Landing Craft Support — The Landing Craft, Support (Large) later reclassified Landing Ship Support, Large class of amphibious assault ships were used by the United States Navy in World War II in the Pacific. They were primarily used to close support before landing… …
22landing ship, tank — ▪ naval ship naval ship specially designed to transport and deploy troops, vehicles, and supplies onto foreign shores for the conduct of offensive military operations. LSTs were designed during World War II to disembark military forces without… …
23Landing Helicopter Assault — LHA, for Landing Helicopter Assault, is the US Navy hull classification symbol for the general purpose helicopter carrying amphibious assault ships of the Tarawa and the future America classes.ee also* Amphibious assault ship * Helicopter carrier …
24assault craft — A landing craft or amphibious vehicle primarily employed for landing troops and equipment in the assault waves of an amphibious operation …
25For Better or For Worse — This article is about the comic strip. For the documentary, see For Better or For Worse (film). For other uses, see For better or worse (disambiguation). For Better or For Worse The Patterson family, the center focus of For Better or For Worse …
26landing ship — An assault ship which is designed for long sea voyages and for rapid unloading over and on to a beach …
27assault boat — a portable boat used for landing troops on beaches and for crossing rivers. Also called storm boat. [1940 45] * * * …
28landing ship — noun : any of numerous ocean going naval vessels designed for amphibious landings * * * any of various ships designed for transporting troops and heavy equipment in amphibious warfare, capable of making assault landings directly onto a beach.… …
29assault area diagram — A graphic means of showing, for amphibious operations, the beach designations, boat lanes, organization of the line of departure, scheduled waves, landing ship area, transport areas, and the fire support areas in the immediate vicinity of the… …
30landing craft — noun Date: 1940 any of numerous naval craft designed for conveying troops and equipment from a transport to a beach in an amphibious assault …
