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

It’ll attempt to land aboard the company’s drone landing ship in the Atlantic Ocean after deploying its second stage and cargo.

From TechCrunch

One huge landing ship was nosed right up to the shore, and from it rolled tons of heavy equipment.

From Project Gutenberg

He was lying on something hard—a floor surface of the Cirissin landing ship.

From Project Gutenberg