These assorted landing craft were all designed to operate from ship to beach, not ship to pier.

By June 6th, 1944, many or all of these designs had proved their worth in the Pacific, then in the invasion of Sicily and Italyicon.

The LST; my Seabee Uncle Carl, enlisting in his late 30s, rode in one prior to the invasion of Guam.

Regards,
Louis of PA

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