1 The well decks are simply flooded and the landing craft are launched from the stern of the ship.

2 This landing craft is unique in the world.

3 The engine of one landing craft was still running.

4 Landing craft are primarily designed for offensive operations.

5 Landing craft are boats and seagoing vessels used to convey a landing force (infantry and vehicles) from the sea to the shore during an amphibious assault.

6 When the troops aboard his landing craft splashed ashore during an allied amphibious attack at Anzio, Italy, Arness was chosen to lead the way.

7 Beach the landing craft.

8 The Type utility landing craft has a conventional layout with a flat bow door.

9 The beach defences were softened up before the landing craft went in.

10 The troops were using boats called LCVPs (Landing Craft, Vehicle, Personnel) - smaller versions of the drop-bow boats that would later storm beaches from Normandy to Iwo Jima.

11 The beach defences were softened up before the landing craft was in.

12 Jitters had been wounded early, and washed back to the landing craft.

13 Thousands of starving reindeer, too weak to make the crossing, are being carried across in landing craft.

14 Knowing NASA would have little cash to spare, the committee backed off proposals for new landing craft.

15 On Saturday morning, dozens of amphibious vehicles and air-cushion landing craft ferried men and tanks on to military-designated Red Beach.

16 Group 4 was a floating reserve lying offshore in their landing craft until required to reinforce one of the other Groups.

17 These constraints put out of the question any prospect of training fully fledged navigators for the thousands of landing craft crews.

18 The eight-day mission was commanded by Armstrong, who, along with Aldrin, stepped out of their Eagle landing craft, planted an American flag and saluted it.

19 Following is the heavy weapons and equipment to carry large landing craft.

20 Russian military-industrial complex website reported that China is negotiating with Ukraine for the bulk purchase of"European Zubr" air cushion landing craft.

21 Pug got along well with Burne - Wilke , who had fully grasped the landing craft problem.

22 Aerial photographs showed huge camps in southern England packed with tanks, artillery and supplies, while ports around the British coast were chock-a-block with ships and landing craft.

23 Meantime speedy salvage and relaunching of sunk or damaged landing craft would be imperative.

24 The Allies assembled a gargantuan naval armada, from battleships and destroyers to landing craft and coasters.

25 The U.S. is sea-basing its operations on an aircraft carrier, an amphibious assault ship, and a hospital ship and is using helicopters and landing craft for movement.