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landing craft

Landing crafts are small and medium seagoing watercraft, such as boats and barges, used to convey a landing force ( infintry and vehicles ) from the sea to the shore during an amphibious assault. The term excludes landing ships, which are larger. Production of landing craft peaked during World War II, 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.

As they sailed in, one landing craft was hit by 20 enemy shells.

by lieutenant cabbage November 13, 2022