Word: craft
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Landing Craft, Infantry) 157 ft. long, 200-troop capacity, with multiple ramps for fast debarkation...
...Landing Craft, Tank), 100 ft. long, transportable, for tanks, trucks, or troops...
...Landing Craft, Medium), in 50-and 56-ft. lengths, for a bulldozer or medium tank...
...knows about U.S. subs. Jap sub production is a mystery. So is the use of the Jap sub fleet. It has never very seriously menaced U.S. shipping. Jap subs have been used for supplying outposts in tight spots or for evacuation (e.g., Kiska). Probably the Japs use their undersea craft mostly for reconnaissance. One theory: Admiral Shimada is saving his torpedoes for the all-out battle with the U.S. Pacific Fleet...
From the Navy's landing-vessel program has come a motley lot of odd, ugly but effective craft for beach assault. The LSM is the last of eleven basic designs (15 types). The rest of the roster...