landing craft

English

Noun

landing craft (plural landing crafts or landing craft)

(nautical, military) A type of flat-bottomed boat used to transport infantry and vehicles onto a shore during an assault from the sea.

Derived terms

LC
landing craft tank, LCT
landing craft infantry, LCI
landing craft vehicle, LCV
landing craft utility, LCU
landing craft air cushion, LCAC

Related terms

landing platform dock (LPD)
landing ship

Translations

a type of flat-bottomed boat

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Chinese:
Mandarin: 登陸艇／登陆艇 (zh) (dēnglùtǐng)
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Finnish: maihinnousualus (fi)
French: chaland de débarquement
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German: Landungsfahrzeug n
Greek: αποβατικό σκάφος n (apovatikó skáfos)
Hebrew: נַחֶתֶת (he) f (nakhetet)
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See also

amphibious assault ship

Further reading

landing craft on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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