landing craft
nounDefinition of landing craft
: 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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The letter describes how Woodson was wounded while still on his landing craft but spent the next 30 hours saving lives on the beach. — Washington Post, "Push to posthumously give black soldier D-Day Medal of Honor," 4 July 2019 The flag, pierced by German bullet holes and tattered by the wind, flew aboard one of the landing crafts that troops used to storm the beaches of Normandy, France, on June 6, 1944. — David Jackson, USA TODAY, "D-Day flag that flew at Normandy landing gifted to US 75 years later. Trump accepts flag from Netherlands PM," 19 July 2019 The plan is for a landing craft to lower itself from the orbiter and gently plop itself down on the powdery moon surface. — Jeffrey Gettleman, New York Times, "India’s Shooting for the Moon, and the Country Is Pumped," 14 July 2019 The weather wasn't ideal on June 6, resulting in Allied paratroopers landing miles off target while rough seas caused some landing craft to capsize, but the Germans were caught off guard! — Fox News, "How D-Day technology made Operation Overlord a success," 7 June 2019 On Thursday, World War II vehicles and a rare D-Day landing craft will be displayed. — Meg Jones, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "On 75th anniversary of invasion, D-Day veterans recall 'all hell was breaking loose'," 6 June 2019 Travelers should be in good health, comfortable walking or standing for extended periods of time, and able to get in and out of expedition landing craft. — National Geographic, "Wild Alaska Escape: A Voyage from Juneau to Ketchikan," 17 June 2019 Only seven of the 31 soldiers on Mr. Lambert’s landing craft survived. — Mark Landler, New York Times, "Trump Honors D-Day Sacrifices, With Some Legacies Unspoken," 6 June 2019 Set out by expedition landing craft and kayak to get close to the forested banks and the many dramatic waterfalls cascading down the cliffs. — National Geographic, "Wild Alaska Escape: A Voyage from Juneau to Ketchikan," 17 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'landing craft.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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