landing ship

noun

any of various ships designed for transporting troops and heavy equipment in amphibious warfare, capable of making assault landings directly onto a beach.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of landing ship¹

First recorded in 1940–45

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On June 6, 1944, my great-uncle, the combat artist Mitchell Jamieson, stood on a Tank Landing Ship with hundreds of other soldiers waiting to join the assault waves and demolition parties already heading to Utah Beach.

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The Russian ships, which included destroyer RFN Severomorsk, landing ship RFN Alexander Shabalin and two transport ships, MV Sparta IV and MV Siyanie Severa, were sailing east towards the Baltic Sea.

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A Royal Navy destroyer – HMS Duncan – and a landing ship – RFA Cardigan Bay – are already in the Eastern Mediterranean.

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He replied: "When we came off the landing ship tank down on the beach, the Army were collecting the poor soldiers who drowned on the initial landing."

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Just last month, drones sank Russia’s Caesar Kunikov amphibious landing ship and Ivanovets missile corvette.

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landing party landing speed

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