landing craft
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of landing craft
First recorded in 1935–40
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Dyson hadn’t worked with water since he codesigned a high-speed landing craft, the Rotork Sea Truck, as a student at London’s Royal College of Art.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
US helicopters have been ferrying in aid and US Marines have used a landing craft to deliver supplies from the USS Fort Lauderdale, an amphibious transport dock ship docked at La Guaira.
From Barron's ● Jun. 29, 2026
The naval island is where the Navy developed the Higgins boat — the pivotal landing craft that ferried troops to the beaches of Normandy during the D-day invasion.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2024
Mr Glennie told BBC Scotland how he saw the body of a fallen soldier as he entered the water from a landing craft, but knew he had to carry on.
From BBC ● Jun. 5, 2024
One morning, late in November, two PTs came in escorting a landing craft that had just rescued some Marines who had been trapped on a riverbank.
From "Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two" by Joseph Bruchac
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