landing ship, tank

English

Alternative forms

• landing ship tank

Noun

landing ship, tank (plural landing ships, tank)

1. The naval designation for a type of landing ship used during the Second World War to carry tanks, cargo, and to land troops.

   Synonym: LST (initialism)

   • 1952, Winston Churchill, The Second World War, volume 2:

     The ‘landing-ship, tank’ […] had first been conceived and developed in Britain in 1940.

See also

• RORO: roll-on roll-off