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landing ship

American  

noun

  1. any of various ships designed for transporting troops and heavy equipment in amphibious warfare, capable of making assault landings directly onto a beach.


Etymology

Origin of landing ship

First recorded in 1940–45


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The Carter Hall is a dock landing ship, which carries amphibious landing craft and their crews.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 1, 2024

The Novocherkassk, a Russian navy landing ship, was hit overnight in the southeastern Crimean port of Feodosia, Ukrainian air force officials said.

From Washington Times ● Dec. 26, 2023

The Ukrainian Air Force said in a statement that it had destroyed the Novocherkassk, a large landing ship, in the southeastern Crimean port of Feodosia overnight.

From New York Times ● Dec. 26, 2023

On Friday, Britain's Ministry of Defence said a large amphibious landing ship, the Minsk, had "almost certainly been functionally destroyed".

From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2023

Ours was a small landing ship designed for troops, not one of the huge LSTs that carried in trucks and tanks.

From "Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two" by Joseph Bruchac

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