landing craft

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landing craft

noun landing crafts · landing craft

  1. A type of flat-bottomed boat used to transport infantry and vehicles onto a shore during an assault from the sea. Turpentine timber was obtained from the forests outside Maryborough and Townsville, and shipped by rail and landing craft to Hayman Island.

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noun a type of flat-bottomed boat

中文登陸艇 /登陆艇 dēnglùtǐng
Françaischaland de débarquement
DeutschLandungsfahrzeug
Ελληνικάαποβατικό σκάφος apovatikó skáfos
עבריתנַחֶתֶת nakhetet

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@misc{landing_craft_2026,
  title = {landing craft},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/landing%20craft},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}