Sentence examples for landing ship from inspiring English sources
noun
A sea-going military light ferry designed to assault shores that are held against them, and disembark forces directly onto the shore
Thirty-two were among 48 British troops killed when the Sir Galahad landing ship was bombed by Argentinian jets.
Mr. Frinell, 25, is the auxiliaries officer on the Navy dock landing ship Harpers Ferry, which is based in Sasebo.
In 1974, a navy landing ship capsized off the south coast in stormy weather, killing 159 sailors and coast guard personnel.
Seaman Kevin D. Robinson, 21, one of two sailors on shore leave from the dock landing ship Anchorage, was shot four times, in the chest, stomach and thigh.
Two US warships, the amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima and the dock landing ship USS Fort McHenry, are nearby should instability escalate.
The sinking is South Korea's worst peacetime naval disaster since a navy landing ship capsized off the south coast in stormy weather in 1974, killing 159 sailors and coast guard personnel.
Scenes with the landed ship were shot in Bronson Canyon.
Since the canyon could not provide enough space to show the entire landed ship, the Voyager set down with the forepart of the ship visible outside the mouth of the canyon against a matte painting backdrop.
LSM (Landing Ships, Medium).
Numerous other types of landing ships were produced by the British and Americans during the war.
It is developing a "carrier killer" missile and acquiring a fleet of amphibious landing ships.
