landing craft
any of various flat-bottomed vessels designed to move troops and equipment close to shore.
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This outfit had been established, Bascom wrote, “to develop scientific means of determining the characteristics of beaches and of the waves that would make it difficult for landing craft to approach enemy-held beaches.”
Ocean Lovers, This Little-Known Book from the Sixties Is Required Reading | jversteegh | October 25, 2021 | Outside OnlineWhen the women climbed aboard his 32-foot aluminum landing craft and took seats in the windy darkness, Jackson said, he noticed that the woman in the middle, Candace Kreger, was clutching a bright blue cooler.
How is Alaska leading the nation in vaccinating residents? With boats, ferries, planes and snowmobiles. | Cathy Free | February 4, 2021 | Washington PostGerman artillery chased the landing craft where they milled off shore.
Blood in the Sand: When James Jones Wrote a Grunt’s View of D-Day | James Jones | November 15, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTMany infantry in the first waves drowned, having disembarked from their landing craft in water over their heads.
D-Day Was The Largest And One Of The Bloodiest Invasions In History | James A. Warren | June 6, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTRemember the Harrier jump jet, the vertical takeoff and landing craft the British designed and Hollywood made famous?
Shaking hands with him as he left the landing craft, Trask wanted to know if he'd been sent out as the new Viceroy.
Space Viking | Henry Beam Piper"He says he didn't know a landing craft was supposed to land on the platform," Simpson reported finally.
The Native Soil | Alan Edward NourseOut of the gloom above there was a roar and a streak of murky yellow as the landing craft eased down through the haze.
The Native Soil | Alan Edward NourseWith that he entered a small landing craft, which left a faintly luminescent trail as it plunged toward Earth.
Second Landing | Floyd WallaceIn five days the two small landing craft that had left it arched up from Earth and joined the orbit of the large ship.
Second Landing | Floyd Wallace
British Dictionary definitions for landing craft
military any small vessel designed for the landing of troops and equipment on beaches
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