English translation of "buque dique" - "Dock landing ship or Landing ship"

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184 months ago

Barbara R. Cochran (a guest user) asked this question:

Language pair:	Spanish > English
Subject:	Sciences / Non-fiction books
Level of diffculty:	Easy / medium
Word or term in question:	buque dique
Context:	El buque dique "St. Marcos" trasladó desde Vieques las lanchas LCU Y LCVP, con sus cargas,
Keywords:	...hacia Bahía de Cochinos....LCU and LCVP stand for "landing craft utility" and "landing craft vehicle and personnel," respectively.

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184 months ago

wrote:

Landing craft or beach-landing craft

184 months ago

Mauricio N. wrote:

Dock landing ship or Landing ship

My comment:

Abajo está la descripción y la historia de ese barco en particular, el USS San Marcos.

My references:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_San_Marcos_(LSD-25)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dock_landing_ship

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184 months ago

Mauricio N. wrote:

ship dock

My references:

landing ship dock - definition of landing ship dock by the Free ...
A ship designed to transport and launch loaded amphibious craft and/or amphibian vehicles with their crews and embarked personnel and/or equipment and to ...
www.thefreedictionary.com/landing+ship+dock - Cached - Dock Landing Ship Dock (LSD)
Landing Ship, Docks (LSDs) were designed to transport loaded landing craft, amphibious vehicles and troops into an amphibious landing area; ballast down to ...
www.navsource.org/archives/10/12/12idx.htm - Cached -

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