IMPERIAL JAPANESE NAVY / JAPAN MARITIME SELF-DEFENSE FORCE (JAPAN)
9. AMPHIBIOUS SHIPS AND CRAFT
1. landing craft carriers
1. SHINSHU MARU dock landing ship - seaplane tender (1935)
2. AKITSU MARU landing aircraft carriers - landing craft carriers (1942 - 1943)
3.KUMANO MARU landing aircraft carrier - landing craft carrier (1945)
4. OOSUMI amphibious transports - docks (1998 - 2003)
2. amphibious ships (direct landing)
1. "SS" type tank landing ships (KORYU MARU) (1942 - 1945)
2. "SBD" type tank landing ships (101-GO) (1944)
3. "SBT" type tank landing ships (103-GO) (1944 - 1945)
4. "LSM" type medium landing ships (YORIKUTEI) (1944 / 1958)
5. "LST" type tank landing ships (OOSUMI) (1944 - 1945 / 1961)
6. ATSUMI tank landing ships (1973 - 1978)
7. MIURA tank landing ships (1975 - 1977)
3. amphibious transports
1. MAYASAN MARU landing craft transports (1942 - 1944)
2. KIBITSU MARU landing craft transports (1943 - 1945)
3. TAKATSU MARU landing craft transport (1944)
4. "T1" type fast amphibious transports (1-GO) (1944 - 1945)
4. small landing ships
1. YURA small landing ships (1981)
2. YUSOTEI-ICHI-GO small landing ships (1988 - 1992)
5. landing craft
1. "DAIHATSU" type landing craft (1935 - 1945)
2. "TOKU DAIHATSU" type landing craft (1943 - 1945)
3. "SHOHATSU" type landing craft (1944)
4. "CHUHATSU" type landing craft (1944)
5. "MOKU DAIHATSU" type landing craft (1944 - 1945)
6. "LCVP" type landing craft (C201045) (1954)
7. LCM1001 landing craft (1954 - 1955)
8. LCU2001 landing craft (1955)
9. "LCAC" type air-cushion landing craft (1-GO) (2001 - 2006)
6. amphibious fire support ships
1. "LSSL" type large amphibious fire support ships (AJISAI) (1944 - 1945 / 1953)
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