landing craft
noun
: any of numerous naval craft designed for conveying troops and equipment from a transport to a beach in an amphibious assault
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Light armored vehicles assigned to the United States 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit disembark a landing craft air cushion during a training exercise at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune in North Carolina on July 9, 2025.
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Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Sep. 2025
Building capacity The contract awarded to Austal in 2023 makes the Alabama shipyard the Navy’s second source for the new landing craft.
—Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 1 Sep. 2025
On June 26, the crew of the USS Comstock, an amphibious warfare ship designed to transport and launch landing craft, vehicles, and troops, noticed an oily substance near the ship off the coast of Seal Beach.
—Brian Rokos, Oc Register, 4 Aug. 2025
Instead of dropping a landing craft after the heat shield is jettisoned, a framework containing the copters would be revealed.
—David Szondy
august 01, New Atlas, 1 Aug. 2025
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Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Sep. 2025
Building capacity The contract awarded to Austal in 2023 makes the Alabama shipyard the Navy’s second source for the new landing craft.
—Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 1 Sep. 2025
On June 26, the crew of the USS Comstock, an amphibious warfare ship designed to transport and launch landing craft, vehicles, and troops, noticed an oily substance near the ship off the coast of Seal Beach.
—Brian Rokos, Oc Register, 4 Aug. 2025
Instead of dropping a landing craft after the heat shield is jettisoned, a framework containing the copters would be revealed.
—David Szondy
august 01, New Atlas, 1 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for landing craft
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“Landing craft.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/landing%20craft. Accessed 3 Nov. 2025.
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