landing ship

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of landing ship¹

First recorded in 1940–45

Example Sentences

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

From BBC

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."

From BBC

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

From Seattle Times

On Feb. 1, it claimed to have sunk the Russian missile-armed corvette Ivanovets, and on Feb. 14 it said it destroyed the Caesar Kunikov landing ship.

From Seattle Times

Last month, the Russian landing ship Caesar Kunikov was sunk off the coast of Crimea, according to Ukraine's armed forces.

From BBC