landing ship

American  

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.

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Etymology

Origin of landing ship

First recorded in 1940–45

Example Sentences

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.

From Slate

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.

From BBC

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

Another Russian landing ship, the Novocherkassk, was hit while in port in Feodosiya in December.

From BBC