Watch as a heavy-duty Landing Craft Utility (LCU) loaded with Marines and gear enters (or exits!) the massive, flooded well deck of a U.S. Navy amphibious warship. This is how the military moves land vehicles from sea to shore! #USNavy #WellDeck #LCU #Marines #Amphibious #Warship #MilitaryTech #MilitaryLife | Phanith Media

Replenishment-at-sea, Vertical Repleneishment, and LCU Operations all involving USS Green Bay. - Landing Craft, Utility (LCU) 1651, assigned to Naval Beach Unit (NBU) 7, enters the well deck of the amphibious transport dock ship USS Green Bay (LPD 20). - The amphibious transport dock ship USS Green Bay (LPD 20) and the amphibious dock landing ship USS Ashland (LSD 48) conduct a replenishment-at-sea with the Henry J. Kaiser-class fleet replenishment oiler USNS Pecos (T-AO 197). - Aviation Boatswa

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. Other landing craft were fitted with guns or rockets. There was even a 'Landing Barge, Kitchen' to prepare food for the troops. The use of landing craft meant that the Allies could land troops and heavy equipment, such as tanks, on strongly defended beaches that were not previously int