Such vessels are perhaps best known for their role in the Normandy Invasion (the most celebrated D-Day of the war), during which some 3,000 landing craft were used. This infographic provides information on five landing craft, one landing …

This list presents the landing craft used by the Allied Maritime Forces during D-Day and Battle of Normandy. These pages contain photographs and technical sheets.

D-Day Landing Craft, Vehicles and Personnel (LCVP) The most familiar type of amphibious craft in the war, LCVPs carried platoon-sized units of some thirty-six infantrymen, or a single vehicle, or five tons of cargo.

Landing craft are small and medium seagoing watercraft, such as boats and barges, used to convey a landing force (infantry and vehicles) from the sea to the shore during an amphibious assault. The term excludes landing ships, which are larger.

For this operation, the Allied forces included a mix of landing craft. These ranged from the small Landing Craft Vehicle Personnel (LCVP) and Landing Craft Infantry (LCI) to move men ashore to the larger Landing Craft Tank (LCT) capable of moving …

More than 132,000 Allied troops landed on the Normandy beaches on 6 June 1944. Through their efforts, the tide of the war turned for the final time to favour the Allies. But how did the Allied army get to the shores of Normandy? The contribution of Landing Craft to D-Day is often overlooked. Andrew Whitmarsh joins me to correct this oversight.

Thousands of landing craft were used to transport men and equipment across the English Channel on D-Day. Many different types of craft were used. These ranged from tiny Assault Landing Craft to huge Landing Ships.

The main types of Landing Craft, Tank used in the Normandy campaign were the LCT(3) and LCT(4), designed and built by the British, and the US-designed/built LCT(5) and LCT(6). The LCT(5) and LCT(6) were designed to be transported across the Atlantic on the deck of an LST.

Describes the main types of landing craft, landing ship and landing barges that were used on D-Day and in the remainder of the Normandy Landings. The book also looks at where these vessels were built, in both the UK and the USA.

An amphibious landing on an enemy-defended beach required specialist landing craft. These types were generally designed to be driven ashore, and then withdrawn after unloading troops or vehicles. Some types had other functions such as control or fire support.