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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These teams can also linger off an enemy’s coast for months, set up to conduct assaults by air, sea and land, using everything from $110 million fighter jets to modest landing craft.
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Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Mar. 2026
Its intended targets included medium-sized ships, landing craft and smaller submarines.
—James Laporta, CBS News, 23 Mar. 2026
Based in Sasebo, Japan, the Tripoli, almost 850 feet long and displacing 45,000 tons, is essentially a small aircraft carrier an d carries F-35 stealth fighters and MV-22 Osprey transports as well as landing craft to move troops ashore.
—Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 17 Mar. 2026
Laden with skips, the landing craft goes back and forth to Girvan for several days.
—Matt Slater, New York Times, 11 Feb. 2026
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Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Mar. 2026
Its intended targets included medium-sized ships, landing craft and smaller submarines.
—James Laporta, CBS News, 23 Mar. 2026
Based in Sasebo, Japan, the Tripoli, almost 850 feet long and displacing 45,000 tons, is essentially a small aircraft carrier an d carries F-35 stealth fighters and MV-22 Osprey transports as well as landing craft to move troops ashore.
—Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 17 Mar. 2026
Laden with skips, the landing craft goes back and forth to Girvan for several days.
—Matt Slater, New York Times, 11 Feb. 2026
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“Landing craft.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/landing%20craft. Accessed 2 Apr. 2026.
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