military landing craft
1landing craft and amphibious vehicle assignment table — A table showing the assignment of personnel and materiel to each landing craft and amphibious vehicle and the assignment of the landing craft and amphibious vehicles to waves for the ship to shore movement …
2landing craft availability table — A tabulation of the type and number of landing craft that will be available from each ship of the transport group. The table is the basis for the assignment of landing craft to the boat groups for the ship to shore movement …
3Landing 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… …
4landing craft — ► NOUN ▪ a boat specially designed for putting troops and military equipment ashore on a beach …
5landing craft — A craft employed in amphibious operations, specifically designed for carrying troops and their equipment and for beaching, unloading, and retracting. It is also used for resupply operations …
6Landing Craft Mechanized — Higgins LCM 3 at Battleship Cove …
7landing 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… …
8Landing Craft Utility — The Landing Craft Utility (LCU) is a type of boat used by amphibious forces to transport equipment and troops to the shore. They are capable of transporting tracked or wheeled vehicles and troops from amphibious assault ships to beachheads or… …
9Landing Craft Infantry — The Landing craft, Infantry or LCI was a sea going amphibious assault ship of the Second World War for landing large number of infantry directly onto beaches. HistoryIn 1942 the British concluded that a larger landing craft was needed than their… …
10Motor Landing Craft — Class overview Name: Motor Landing Craft Builders: J. Samuel White of Cowes Operators …
