An amphibious warfare ship is an amphibious vehicle warship employed to land and support ground forces, such as marines, on enemy territory during an amphibious assault.
Three US amphibious warfare ships – a landing helicopter dock leading a landing platform dock (rear) and a landing ship dock (fore)
Anzac Cove amphibious landing, on April 25, 1915.
A British X-lighter, 1916
A Russud-class landing self-propelled barge (the Russian designation is Bolinder class), 1919
A Landing Ship, Tank is a type of amphibious warfare ship class designed to support amphibious operations by carrying tanks, along with other military vehicles and cargo, and landing troops directly o
A Canadian LST off-loads an M4 Sherman during the Allied invasion of Sicily in 1943.
Turkish Bayraktar-class LSTs equipped with modern sensors such as SMART-S Mk2 radar and armaments such as CIWS and RCWS along with aviation facilities
Inside of the Russian Ivan Gren-class LST
U.S. LSTs carrying the Australian 26th Brigade from Morotai Island to Tarakan Island in April 1945