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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! OSUMI dock landing ships (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. YORIKUTEI medium landing ship (1944 / 1958)

5. OOSUMI tank landing ships (1944-1945/1961)

6. ATSUMI tank landing ships (1972 - 1977)

7. MIURA tank landing ships (1975 - 1977)

3. amphibious transports

1. MAYASAN MARU landing craft transports (1942 - 1944), KIBITSU MARU landing craft transports (1943 - 1945), TAKATSU MARU landing craft transport (1944)

2. "T1" type fast amphibious transports (1-GO) (1944 - 1945)

4. small landing ships

1. LCU2001 utility landing craft (1955)

2. YURA small landing ships (1981)

3! 1-GO small landing ships (1988 - 1992)

5. landing craft

1. "DAIHATSU" type landing craft (1935 - 1945), "TOKU DAIHATSU" type landing craft (1943 - 1945), "SHOHATSU" type landing craft (1944), "CHUHATSU" type landing craft (1944), "MOKU DAIHATSU" type landing craft (1944 - 1945)

2. LCM1001 landing craft (1954-1955, 1945-1945/1961)

3. LCVP type landing craft (1954)

4! YF2121 landing craft (1989-1997)

5! LA01 type air-cushion landing craft (1-GO) (1997-2003)

6! YF2150 landing craft (2003-2005)

6. amphibious fire support ships

1. YURI large amphibious fire support ships (1944 - 1945 / 1953)

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