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1Landing craft — are boats and seagoing vehicles used to convey a landing force (infantry and vehicles) from the sea to the shore during an amphibious assault. Most renowned are those used to storm the beaches of Normandy, the Mediterranean, and many Pacific… …
2Landing Signal Officer — Landing Signal Officers (LSOs) are naval aviators specially trained to control the approach and landings of airplanes aboard aircraft carriers. Paddles In the U.S. Navy, aircraft carrier operations began with USS Langley (CV 1) in 1922. Langley s …
3Landing Ship, Tank — A Canadian LST off loads an M4 Sherman during the Allied invasion of Sicily in 1943. Landing Ship, Tank (LST) was the military designation for naval vessels created during World War II to support amphibious operations by carrying significant… …
4landing 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… …
5landing craft — Navy. any of various flat bottomed vessels designed to move troops and equipment close to shore. [1935 40] * * * ▪ naval craft small naval vessel used primarily to transport and tactically deploy soldiers, equipment, vehicles, and supplies from… …
6Shohatsu class landing craft — The Shohatsu or 10m landing craft was a small landing craft used by the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II. It was used for landing personnel and stores. It was built of steel and had a single bow with no landing ramp. It was also carried …
7Mobile Landing Platform — USNS Watkins (back) and heavy lift ship MV Mighty Servant 1 moored side by side off San Diego during a demonstration of the Mobile Landing Platform concept in 2005. Class overview …
8Crows Landing Naval Auxiliary Air Station — Control tower of Crows Landing as it appeared in 2011. Crows Landing Naval Auxiliary Air Station is a former United States Navy air station NAAS Crows Landing, located 2 1/2 miles northwest of Crows Landing, California, began in late 1942 as an… …
9Daihatsu class landing craft — Class overview Name: Daihatsu Class, Landing Craft Builders: Daihatsu …
10Balikpapan class landing craft heavy — The Balikpapan class LCH (Landing Craft, Heavy) were originally a class of eight vessels built for the Australian Army. Today the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) operates six vessels of this class, all the ships in the class having been transferred… …
