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...well deck, there can be three [[Landing Craft Air Cushion]] (LCAC), two [[Landing Craft Utility]] (LCU) or 39 [[amphibious assault vehicle]]s (AAV). The cargo hol

...mptive bombings and bombardment, more careful planning regarding tides and landing craft schedules, and better overall coordination.

It is not a [[landing craft]] and cannot beach itself, although it can operate helicopters to transfer

German fast gunboats were a serious threat to transports and landing craft. By the end of the Second World War, however, surface-launched anti-ship to

...wade in, under intense fire. They could not carry heavy equipment that the landing craft would have brought to the shore.

| '''boats''' || 1 landing craft, 1 rigid hulled inflatable, in heated hangars

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...r [[Trego County, Kansas]]. She was designed to carry military cargo and [[landing craft]], and to use the latter to land weapons, supplies, and [[Marine (armed ser ...unloaded; participated in training exercises for a week; discharged her [[landing craft]]; and on [[31 March]] got underway for [[San Francisco, California]] to re

...usdale County, Tennessee]]. She was designed to carry military cargo and [[landing craft]], and to use the latter to land weapons, supplies, and [[USMC|Marines]] on ...[[27 April]], made port at [[Saipan]], where she transferred all of her [[landing craft]], save two, to other ships.

...n, Puerto Rico]]. In October 1942, ''Arcturus'' received orders to load [[landing craft]] and join the Western Naval Task Force (Task Force (TF) 34) in the [[Opera ...transport area, but neither ''Arcturus'' nor any other ship suffered hits. Landing craft casualties were great, however, because of the heavy surf, lack of recogniz

...invasion landings]] off [[Safi]] [[8 November]]. Although several of her [[landing craft|landing boats]] were lost under intensive fire from the beach, she unloaded

...a]]. Like all AKAs, ''Caswell'' was designed to carry military cargo and [[landing craft]], and to use the latter to land weapons, supplies, and [[United States Mar

...ty, Virginia]]. ''Southampton'' was designed to carry military cargo and [[landing craft]], and to use the latter to land weapons, supplies, and [[Marine (armed ser ...r assigned transport area off [[Iwo Jima]] on [[19 February]]. She lowered landing craft and dispatched them to other ships of the division to ferry the assault tro

...San Antonio, Northern Samar|San Antonio]] on [[26 January]], and servicing landing craft. She sailed out of Leyte Gulf [[27 March]], bound for the beaches of [[Okin

...got underway for [[Tulagi]], [[Florida Islands]], where she discharged 36 landing craft for the boat pool and took part in amphibious training, preparing for [[Bat

...maintained by the Hellenic Army. The unit is based at Volos in Thessaly; landing craft and other nautical gear are furnished by the Hellenic Navy. ...ecial operations unit and several support units (logistical, fire support, landing craft, etc.).

...e-engine General Motors Diesel which evolved from an engine design used on landing craft during World War II. -->

...there from 1967 to 1971. While it was not a deepwater port, it accepted [[landing craft]] and small vessels that took cargo from ships at the seaports [[Da Nang]]

In the days that followed, she conducted landing craft exercises; and, on the 22d, she arrived at [[Oakland, CA|Oakland]] to load ...ay and on the 8th arrived at [[Efate]], where, for two days, she conducted landing craft exercises in Meli Bay. On the 13th, she departed the [[New Hebrides]] to ta