In addition to several auxiliary and landing craft. This was the first textbook for crews assigned to the large landing craft. Everything from landing craft to battleships were targeted. That was another reason to favour landing craft. Navies use many types of boat, ranging from dinghies to landing craft. And to the landing craft Foxtrot 4. Landing barges were adaptations of British Thames barges and lighters as landing craft. It was the first purpose built tank landing craft. The Battalion was ferried silently across in launches and landing craft. The hull was the same as the Landing Craft Infantry ships. Operation Torch used three different types of landing craft. It can carry a combination of marines, vehicles, landing craft and helicopters. This caused a jam of landing craft out to sea. Still, the sea was not ideal for landing craft. Shipbuilding, steel making in Alabama, forestry, and landing craft building in the Plains towns.