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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LANDING CRAFT

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WHAT DOES LANDING CRAFT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

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Landing craft

Landing craft are boats and seagoing vessels used to convey a landing force from the sea to the shore during an amphibious assault. Most renowned are those used to storm the beaches of Normandy, the Mediterranean, and many Pacific islands during World War II. This was the high point of the landing craft, with a significant number of different designs produced in large quantities by the United Kingdom and United States. Because of the need to run up onto a suitable beach, World War II landing craft were flat-bottomed, and many designs had a flat front, often with a lowerable ramp, rather than a normal bow. This made them difficult to control and very uncomfortable in rough seas. The control point was normally at the extreme rear of the vessel, as were the engines. In all cases, they were known by an abbreviation derived from the official name rather than by the full title.

Definition of landing craft in the English dictionary

The definition of landing craft in the dictionary is any small vessel designed for the landing of troops and equipment on beaches.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LANDING CRAFT

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landing beam
landing card
landing field
landing force
landing gear
landing ground
landing lights
landing net
landing party
landing speed
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landing strip
landing wheels

WORDS THAT END LIKE LANDING CRAFT

aircraft
anti-aircraft
bushcraft
craft
draft
drone aircraft
fixed-wing aircraft
handcraft
handicraft
homecraft
hovercraft
needlecraft
rotary-wing aircraft
runecraft
schoolcraft
spacecraft
stagecraft
warcraft
watercraft
witchcraft
woodcraft

Synonyms and antonyms of landing craft in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «landing craft» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF LANDING CRAFT

Find out the translation of landing craft to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of landing craft from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «landing craft» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

登陆艇
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

lanchas de desembarco
570 millions of speakers

English

landing craft
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

उतराई
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الإنزال
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

десантный корабль
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

embarcações de desembarque
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অবতরণ নৈপুণ্য
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

de débarquement
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kapal pendaratan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Landungsboot
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

上陸用舟艇
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

상륙
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kebangkrutan pendarat
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đáp xuống nhẹ nhàng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

இறங்கும் கைவினை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

लँडिंग क्राफ्ट
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Iniş botu
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

mezzo da sbarco
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

landing Craft
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

десантний корабель
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

ambarcațiunile de aterizare
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αποβατικά σκάφη
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

landingstuig
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

landstigningsfartyg
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

landing håndverket
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of landing craft

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LANDING CRAFT»

The term «landing craft» is regularly used and occupies the 82.286 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «LANDING CRAFT» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about landing craft

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LANDING CRAFT»

Discover the use of landing craft in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to landing craft and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Landing Craft, Infantry and Fire Support
This book tells the developmental and operational history of this important tool of American amphibious military strategy that spanned three wars.
Gordon L Rottman, 2011
2
U.S. Amphibious Ships and Craft: An Illustrated Design History
LCI(G), LCIG landing craft, infantry, gunboat LCVP(T) landing craft, vehicles and perLCI(L), LCIL landing craft, infantry, large sonnel, planing; later T designaLCI( M), LCIM landing craft, infantry, mortar tion used for twin LCI(R), LCIR landing ...
Norman Friedman, 2002
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Assault Landing Craft: Design, Construction & Operators
80, 84, 86, 100; Landing Craft, Tank (Armoured) (LCT(A)), 112; Landing Craft, Vehicles and Personnel (LCV(P)), 16, 50, 88, 107, 120; Motor Landing Craft ( MLC), 8, 10, 89 Landing Ship, Infantry (LSI), 40—49; Armament, 44; Hunks, 46; Cabins ...
Brian Lavery, 2009
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Gators of Neptune: Naval Amphibious Planning for the ...
LBF landing barge, flak LBV landing barge, vehicle LCA landing craft, assault LCA (HR) landing craft, assault (high explosive rocket) LCC landing craft, control LCE landing craft, emergency repair LCF landing craft, flak LCG (L) landing craft  ...
Christopher D. Yung, 2006
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Us World War II Amphibious Tactics: Army and Marine Corps, ...
The Landing Craft, Mechanized, proved to be an extremely valuable utility craft, employed for all sorts of hauling jobs as the "cargo truck" of the landing craft fleet. Specialized vessels were obviously crucial for amphibious operations, to land ...
Gordon L. Rottman, 2004
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The Encyclopedia of Codenames of World War II
The Eastern Naval Task Force had 4 landing ships headquarters, 37 landing ships infantry, 3 landing ships dock, 408 landing craft assault, 11 landing craft headquarters, 155 landing craft infantry (25 of them American), 130 landing ships tank ...
Christopher Chant, 2013
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The Ships and Aircraft of the U.S. Fleet
Heavy-hull Repair Ship (f1957) ARL Landing Craft Repair Ship ARS Salvage Ship ARSD Salvage Lifting Vessel ARST Salvage Craft Tender ARV Aireraft Repair Ship ARVA Aireraft Repair Ship (Aireraft) ARVE Aireraft Repair Ship ( Engine) ...
James Charles Fahey, 1958
8
Vietnam Riverine Craft 1962-75
This book explores those craft, and also gives an account of Task Force Clearwater, a much smaller operation in the extreme northern part of South Vietnam.
Gordon L. Rottman, 2012
9
Nominal Roll of No 43 Landing Craft Company: The Royal ...
A cumulative record of the members of a unit of the Australian Water Transport Group. Some 762 men served in the unit between November 1943 until February 1946. Because no original roll was kept this listing is incomplete.
‎1993
10
World War II US Army Pictorials
BAR Browning automatic rifle GHQ general headquarters HB heavy barrel LCI landing craft, infantry LCI (L) landing craft, infantry (large) LCM landing craft, mechanized LCM (3) landing craft, mechanized (Mark III) LCP (L) landing craft, ...
BACM Research

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LANDING CRAFT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term landing craft is used in the context of the following news items.
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Apollo 11 lands the first man on the Moon in 1969 - NY Daily News
... Apollo 11 commander Neil Armstrong climbed down a nine-rung ladder from the cabin of the landing craft called Eagle, and became the first ... «New York Daily News, Jul 15»
2
Vitamix blenders made in Strongsville: Best of the Beat | cleveland …
That day the Allied Forces stormed Normandy with 175,000 men, 5,000 ships and landing craft, 50,000 vehicles and 11,000 planes and earned ... «cleveland.com, Jul 15»
3
DVIDS - News - USS Oak Hill departs for COMPTUEX
A landing craft utility (LCU) vehicle approaches the well deck aboard the amphibious dock landing ship USS Oak Hill (LSD 51) during well deck ... «DVIDS, Jul 15»
4
Cleveland American > Life > Obits
After completion of basic training in San Diego, Calif., he attended Landing Craft School (LCS) and was assigned to USS Megrez (AK-126); ... «Cleveland American, Jul 15»
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The Soviet Military's Eerily Detailed Guide to San Diego | WIRED
... of small landing ships and other landing craft; there are barracks, training blocks and warehouses. On the western coast of North San Diego ... «Wired, Jul 15»
6
Royal Moroccan Navy contracts Piriou for new landing craft tank
The Royal Moroccan Navy has contracted French firm Piriou to deliver a 50m long landing craft tank (LCT), which will be used for operations in ... «Naval Technology, Jul 15»
7
China Deploys Semi-submersible 'Donghaidao" to South China Sea …
This allows it to carry amphibious landing craft, helicopters, speedboats and armored vehicles. The CCTV report said that the ship is based on ... «Yibada, Jul 15»
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China Bares PLA's Type 075-Class Amphibious Landing Helicopter …
... also built with a huge well deck below the hanger of the vessel, which was designed to carry an unknown number of inflatable landing craft. «Yibada, Jul 15»
9
With Fewer Ships, Marines Turn to Allies
... Royal Navy, a 22,000-ton amphibious assault ship that can launch helicopters, landing craft and — if U.S. Marines get their way — the MV-22 ... «Military.com, Jul 15»
10
WWII metal barriers designed to keep Nazis away uncovered on …
It was designed to thwart invading troops and their landing craft. The metalwork is on the seabed just below the waterline and warning buoys ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»

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