landing craft

noun

: any of numerous naval craft designed for conveying troops and equipment from a transport to a beach in an amphibious assault

Examples of landing craft in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Light armored vehicles assigned to the United States 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit disembark a landing craft air cushion during a training exercise at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune in North Carolina on July 9, 2025. —Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Sep. 2025

Building capacity The contract awarded to Austal in 2023 makes the Alabama shipyard the Navy’s second source for the new landing craft. —Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 1 Sep. 2025

On June 26, the crew of the USS Comstock, an amphibious warfare ship designed to transport and launch landing craft, vehicles, and troops, noticed an oily substance near the ship off the coast of Seal Beach. —Brian Rokos, Oc Register, 4 Aug. 2025

Instead of dropping a landing craft after the heat shield is jettisoned, a framework containing the copters would be revealed. —David Szondy august 01, New Atlas, 1 Aug. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1940, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for landing craft

• allograft
• autograft
• autographed
• countershaft
• handicraft
• homograft
• hovercraft
• lithographed
• overdraft
• photographed
• rotorcraft
• telegraphed

Kids Definition

landing craft

noun

: any of numerous naval craft designed for putting troops and equipment ashore