{{Short description|United States Amphibious Training Bases for the US Navy, US Army and US Marine Corps}} [[File:AvilaBeachAmphibiousTrainingBaseMorroBay.jpg|thumb|right|Avila Beach's [[Amphibious Training Base Morro Bay]] on March 7, 1944. An amphibious training exercise, with pontoon bridge attached to Landing Ship, Tank. Army Signal Corps photo.]] [[File:The British Army in the United Kingdom 1939-45 H19057.jpg|thumb|right|250px|A [[Crusader tank]] landing on a beach from a [[Landing craft tank|Tank Landing Craft]] in a 1942 test]] [[Image:Darke APA-159 - LCVP 18.jpg|thumb|right|[[LCVP (United States)|LCVPs]], known as 'Higgins Boats', were the first specialized landing craft for the US Navy. Pictured, {{USS|Darke|APA-159|6}} LCVP 18, possibly with Army troops as reinforcements at [[Okinawa Island|Okinawa]], 1945.]] [[File:Invasion Training in England 02.jpg|thumb|USS ''LCI-326'', a [[Landing Craft Infantry]], during training for [[D-Day]]]] [[File:LST-742,1950;1016074201.jpg|thumb|[[USS Dunn County (LST-742)|USS ''LST-742'']] on 13 October 1950 at Wolmi-do island, [[Incheon|Incheon Harbor]], [[South Korea]], loading supplies for the upcoming Wonsan invasion]]

'''Amphibious Training Base''' (ATB)(USNATB) '''Advance Amphibious Training Base''' are [[United States Armed Forces]] bases used for the [[Military education and training|training]] of [[amphibious warfare]].<ref name="auto1">{{cite web|url=https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/prelude-liberation-genesis-american-amphibious-assault-eto|title=Prelude to Liberation: Genesis of American Amphibious Assault in the ETO|date=November 8, 2022|website=The National WWII Museum &#124; New Orleans}}</ref> Starting with [[World War II]], United States Navy began large-scale amphibious assaults of beaches. To train troops in the use of [[Amphibious warfare ship]]s and [[Amphibious Combat Vehicle]]s the Navy established training bases both on the [[Contiguous United States|US mainland]] and overseas at [[US Naval Advance Bases]]. The Training involved the [[United States Navy]] working with The [[United States Marine Corps]], [[United States Army]] and in later years sometimes the [[United States Air Force]] for [[Close air support|air support]].<ref>Seward W. Livermore, " American Naval Base Policy in the Far East", ''Pacific Historical Review''; 13, pgs/ 113–135.</ref><ref name="auto3">{{cite web|url=https://www.usmcu.edu/Outreach/Marine-Corps-University-Press/MCU-Journal/JAMS-vol-11-no-2/The-Problems-Facing-United-States-Marine-Corps-Amphibious-Assaults/|title=The Problems Facing United States Marine Corps Amphibious Assaults|website=www.usmcu.edu}}</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogv1x_x3NnI Amphibious Training, US War Department, ''youtube.com'']</ref>

==Background== {{main|United States amphibious operations|Fleet Marine Force}} The [[United States amphibious operations]] dates back to the early dates of the nation. On March 3, 1776, the [[Continental Marines]] made their first amphibious landing in the [[Battle of Nassau]] on to the beaches of the [[Bahamas]].<ref>{{cite book|first=Edward|last=Field|title=Esek Hopkins, commander-in-chief of the continental navy during the American Revolution, 1775 to 1778|year=1898|publisher=Preston & Rounds|url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_GEEvAAAAYAAJ_2|location=[[Providence, Rhode Island]]|oclc=3430958}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|first1=Sandra|last1=Riley|first2=Thelma B.|last2=Peters|title=Homeward Bound: A History of the Bahama Islands to 1850 with a Definitive Study of Abaco in the American Loyalist Plantation Period|year=2000|publisher=Island Research|location=[[Miami]]|isbn=978-0966531022|oclc=51540154}} </ref> While amphibious operations took place in the [[American Civil War]], [[Spanish–American War]], and [[World War I]], large-scale amphibious training bases were not established till World War II.<ref name="auto1"/>

Before World War II the need for Amphibious Training Base was seen. In 1903, President [[Theodore Roosevelt]] from his experience in the Spanish-American War established a Joint Army-Navy Board in 1903, but no Amphibious Training Base came out of this. One of the first small-scale Amphibious Training took place in [[Culebra, Puerto Rico|Culebra]] and [[Vieques, Puerto Rico]] at the request of the Secretary of the Navy [[Josephus Daniels]] in 1913. During World War I, the [[Gallipoli campaign|Gallipoli]] amphibious operations in Turkey did not go well for the [[Allies of World War I|Allies]], thus some thought that amphibious warfare was at an end.<ref name="auto1"/>

After World War I, in which [[Japan during World War I|Japan fought on the Allied side]], Japan [[Japan during World War I#Events of 1914|took control of German bases in China and the Pacific]]. In 1919, the [[League of Nations]] approved Japan's [[South Seas Mandate|mandate]] over the German islands north of the equator. The United States did not want any mandates and was concerned with Japan's aggressiveness. As such [[Wilson Administration]] transferred 200 Atlantic [[warship]]s to the Pacific Fleet in 1919.<ref>Cathal J. Nolan, et al. ''Turbulence in the Pacific: Japanese-U.S. Relations during World War I'' (2000)</ref><ref>[https://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/fac/PH/USN-Hawaii-3.html Development of the Naval Establishment Pearl Harbor]''US Navy''</ref><ref name="auto1"/>

With new concerns in the Pacific, in 1921, Marine Commandant Lieutenant General [[John A. Lejeune]] asked [[Earl Hancock Ellis|Major Earl “Pete” Ellis]] to make up plans for an amphibious war with Japan, as to be prepared. Ellis wrote ''OpPlan 712: Advance Base Operations in Micronesia'', which outlined modern amphibious warfare.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USMC/ref/AdvBaseOps/index.html|title=HyperWar: Advanced Base Operations in Micronesia|website=www.ibiblio.org}}</ref> The [[Fleet Marine Force]] was founded on December 7, 1933. Fleet Marine Force was a combined Force of both the US Navy and the United States Marine Corps. On December 7, 1941, Japan carried out a surprise military strike on the [[Naval Base Hawaii|Naval Base in Pearl Harbor]].<ref>[https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=71610 Island of Oahu, Attack on Pearl Harbor]''hmdb.org''</ref><ref>[https://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/fac/PH/USN-Hawaii-2.html Pearl Harbor: Its Origin and Administrative History Through World War Two]''US Navy''</ref> Japan hoped to eliminate US military force in the Pacific as it soon carried out attacks across the South Pacific.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/Admin-Hist/OA/419-7thAmphib/7thAmphibs-2.html|title=HyperWar: 7th Amphibious Force (Part II)|website=www.ibiblio.org}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ozatwar.com/usarmy/atcgangan.htm|title=Amphibious Training Centre Gan Gan, NSW|website=www.ozatwar.com}}</ref> The attack led the US to enter World War II. During World War II the United States was fighting on two fronts, the [[Pacific War]] and the [[European theatre of World War II|European theatre]]. The Pacific War was an amphibious operation of [[Island-hopping]] and the European theatre required amphibious operations to get a foothold on the [[European continent]]. European theatre saw major amphibious operations at the invasion of [[Operation Torch|North Africa]], [[Operation Dragoon|Southern France]], [[Allied invasion of Sicily|Sicily]], [[Allied invasion of Italy|Italy]] and [[Normandy landings|Normandy]].<ref name="auto1"/>

On January 5, 1942 [[Seabee]] Navy Construction Battalions officially began operation.<ref name="Formation">{{cite web|title= Seabee History: Formation of the Seabees and World War II|url= https://www.history.navy.mil/research/library/online-reading-room/title-list-alphabetically/h/history-of-seabees/ww2.html|website=NHHC|date= 2017|access-date= 15 March 2017}}</ref> In July 1943 Seabee started an [[Amphibious Construction Battalion]], with [[Amphibious Construction Battalion 1]] as the first unit, which operated in the Pacific War. Seabee were given the task of clearing beaches of obstacles and establishing beachhead bases.<ref name="Bases.Ch6">{{cite book |chapter-url=https://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/Building_Bases/bases-6.html |chapter=Chapter VI: The Seabees |title=Building the Navy's Bases in World War II: History of the BuDocks and the CEC 1940–1946 |volume= I |publisher=U.S.GPO |location=Washington, DC |date=1947 |via=HyperWar |access-date=18 October 2017}}</ref><ref>37th Seabees cruisebook, Seabee Museum Archives website, Port Hueneme, CA, Jan. 2020, p. 12-16</ref> In addition, Seabees built and operated sea ports, airfields and served as elements the United States Marine Corps.<ref>[https://www.history.navy.mil/content/dam/museums/Seabee/Online%20Reading%20Room/Seabee%20FAQs/SeaBees%20and%20the%20US%20Marine%20Corps%20II.pdf US Navy Seabee, ''www.history.navy.mil'']</ref>

This nation's first official naval amphibious training base was established in August 1942 at [[Solomons, Maryland]], USNATB, United States Navy Amphibious Training Base. Other base opened on both coasts of the United States.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=3435|title=Amphibious Training Base Historical Marker|website=www.hmdb.org}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wilmon.com/usnatbsmd.html|title=U. S. Naval Amphibious Training Base, Solomons, Maryland|website=www.wilmon.com}}</ref> Due to the demand for Amphibious Training, overseas bases were founded in [[US Naval Bases North Africa|North Africa]] and the South Pacific.<ref name="auto2">{{cite web|url=https://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/Building_Bases/bases-20.html|title=HyperWar: Building the Navy's Bases in World War II [Chapter 20]|website=www.ibiblio.org}}</ref><ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=https://www.history.navy.mil/our-collections/photography/numerical-list-of-images/nara-series/80-g/80-G-250000/80-G-250062.html|title=80-G-250062 Rear Admiral Don P. Moon, USN|website=US Navy}}</ref><ref name="auto1"/><ref>[https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/pdfs/ADA954909.pdf US Army Amphibious Training Command]</ref>

The United States Navy needed to train with the US Army and US Marine Corps, as amphibious landing require complex operations:<ref name="auto3"/> * [[Amphibious reconnaissance|Strategic planning]] * Amphibious vessels need to arrive and be loaded with all the supplies and troops needed for the operation. * Must be [[reconnaissance]] of the landing site * Landing site may need [[Underwater demolition|obstacles removed]], and the water depth checked. * Landing must be timed to the [[tide]]. * Air cover must be timed to landing. * Beach checked for [[Land mine|landmines]] and other obstacles. * After troops and vehicles debark, support supplies are unloaded the beachhead [[supply depot]].

==Underwater Demolition Teams== {{main|Underwater Demolition Team}} The US Navy's [[Underwater Demolition Team]]s are the forerunner to today's [[United States Navy SEALs]], they were founded in December 1943 in [[Naval Base Hawaii|Hawaii]]. The first of 30 World War II teams, was Underwater Demolition Team One, ''UDT-1'' established with UDT-2 in December 1943. The Underwater Demolition Team trained at [[Amphibious Training Base Kamaole]] on Maui and [[Amphibious Training Base Waimanalo]] at Waimanalo on Oahu.<ref>[http://pentagonus.ru/_ld/17/1715_Osprey-Elite_20.pdf World War II US Navy, Special Warfare Units]</ref><ref name="Hawaii">{{cite web|url=https://www.navysealmuseum.org/nakedwarrior/hawaii|title=Hawaii|website=National Navy UDT-SEAL Museum}}</ref>

==Ships and vehicles== ''See also [[:Category:Amphibious warfare vessel classes|Category:Amphibious warfare vessel classes]]''<br> Starting in World War II common amphibious ships used were [[Landing Ship, Tank]] (LST), [[Landing Craft Infantry]] (LCI).<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTSqhCdgwrI Landing Ship, Tank - (LST, ''youtube.com'']</ref> Common boats starting in World War II were [[LCVP (United States)|LCP boats]], [[Landing craft tank]] and [[Landing Craft Mechanized]] boats.<ref name="auto2"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://seabeemagazine.navylive.dodlive.mil/News/Article/2836762/this-week-in-seabee-history-november-7-14/http%3A%2F%2Fseabeemagazine.navylive.dodlive.mil%2FNews%2FArticle%2F2836762%2Fthis-week-in-seabee-history-november-7-14%2F|title=This Week in Seabee History: November 7–14|website=Seabee Magazine}}{{Dead link|date=February 2026 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20100920200457/http://www.history.army.mil/books/agf/agf22/amphib-ch1.htm US Army, HISTORY OF THE AMPHIBIOUS TRAINING CENTER]</ref><ref>[https://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USCG/IX-NorthAfrica/USCG-IX-1.html Operation Torch, ''United States Coast Guard '' ]</ref> [[Landing Vehicle Tracked]] (LVT), known as Gators and [[Landing_Vehicle_Tracked#LVT-2_Buffalo_and_other_developments|Buffalos]] were widely used in the [[Pacific War]] from 1942 to 1945.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xe13fCJoNdI Landing Vehicle Tracked, ''youtube.com'']</ref><ref name=nip>{{cite journal |last=Seese |first=Robert J. |year=1983 |title=The Roebling Alligator |journal=[[Proceedings (magazine)|Proceedings]] |volume=109 |issue=12 |page=27 |publisher=[[United States Naval Institute]] }}</ref> The [[DUKW]], an amphibious truck, was used in all fronts in World War II.<ref name=Allen>{{cite magazine |last=Allen |first=Thomas B. |date=August 2002 |title=Odd DUKW: On land and in the water, World War II's amphibian workhorse showed the skeptics a thing or two — now it shows tourists the sights |url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/odd-dukw-66979423/ |magazine=[[Smithsonian (magazine)|Smithsonian]] |location= |publisher=[[Smithsonian Institution]] |access-date=7 March 2021}}</ref> An [[Amphibious jeep]] was built, but was not as successful as the DUKW.<ref name=AMJP>{{cite web|url=http://www.m201.com/GPA.htm|title=Ford GPA amphibious jeep story|website=www.m201.com}}</ref> [[DD tank]], a variant of the M4 Sherman was used at [[Normandy landings]] with mix results.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dday-overlord.com/en/material/tank/duplex-drive|title=History of the Duplex Drive tank – Hobbart's funnies in 1944 – D-Day Overlord|date=19 February 2016 }}</ref> Post war the US [[Landing Craft Utility#United States|LCU]] was used for beach landings. The [[Cadillac Gage Commando]] saw service in [[Vietnam War]]. Current vehicles include the [[Assault Amphibious Vehicle]] in service starting 1971 and [[LAV-25]] in service starting in 1983. [[Landing Craft Air Cushion]] launched from [[Amphibious assault ship]] in service starting 1986. Amphibious assault ships included [[Harpers Ferry-class dock landing ship]]s, [[San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock]]s, and [[Wasp-class amphibious assault ship]]s.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVu3u6-sLXE Amphibious Combat Vehicles Training with USS Anchorage (LPD 23), ''youtube.com'']</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pX5wgR5FxNE Thousands of U.S. Marines are taking part in amphibious training exercises in Virginia, ''youtube.com'']</ref> <ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6TinuEYajw Marines Amphibious Assault Vehicle Training, ''youtube.com'']</ref>

==Current Amphibious Training Bases== * [[Naval Amphibious Base Coronado]] (1943 – present) * [[Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek–Fort Story]] (2005–present) ** [[Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek]] - [[Joint Expeditionary Base–Little Creek]] - Amphibious Training Base Camp Bradford (1942 – present) **[[Joint Expeditionary Base Fort Story]] - US Army (1914–present) * [[Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune]] - US Marines (1942–present) * [[Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton]] - US Marines (1942 – present) *[[Amphibious Training Base Waimānalo]] now [[Marine Corps Training Area Bellows]] (1999–present) * Amphibious Training Base at [[Naval Base Okinawa]] (1999 – present) ** Special Amphibious Training events are held around the world, some are joint events with other nations.<ref>[https://www.war.gov/News/News-Stories/Article/Article/1485061/amphibious-training-event-begins-off-djiboutis-coast/ Amphibious Training Event Begins Off Djibouti’s Coast, April 4, 2018, By Navy Lt. Cmdr. Sandra Arnold, ''defense.gov'']</ref><ref>[https://www.centcom.mil/MEDIA/NEWS-ARTICLES/News-Article-View/Article/2681029/saudi-us-forces-conclude-amphibious-training-in-tabuk/ Saudi, U.S. Forces Conclude Amphibious Training in Tabuk, July 2, 2021, By Capt. Kelton Cochran ''centcom.mil'']</ref><ref>[https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/2023-03-29/ssangyong-pohang-us-south-korea-marines-9638593.html US, South Korean marines resume amphibious training after five-year lull, By David Choi, Stars and Stripes • March 29, 2023, ''stripes.com'']</ref>

==Closed Amphibious Training Bases== ===In the United States=== *[[Naval Amphibious Training Base Solomons]] at [[Solomons, Maryland]] (1942-1945)` *[[Amphibious Training Base Morro Bay]] (1941–1945) *[[Naval Amphibious Training Base Fort Pierce]] (1943-1946) <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=186655|title=WW II Training Area, a War Memorial|website=www.hmdb.org}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=210559|title=St. Lucie County Historical Marker|website=www.hmdb.org}}</ref> *[[Amphibious Training Base, Castroville]] - [[Castroville, California]] (1942-1945) *[[Amphibious Training Base Kamaole]] -[[Naval Base Hawaii]] (1943-1945) *[[Amphibious Training Base Waimanalo]] - Naval Base Hawaii (1943-1945) *[[Waipio Peninsula Amphibious Base]] - Naval Base Hawaii (1943-1945) *Advanced Amphibious Training Base Ocracoke (AATB) [[Ocracoke, North Carolina]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=29973|title=U.S. Navy Beach Jumpers - Amphibious Forces, U.S. Navy Monument Historical Marker|website=www.hmdb.org}}</ref> (1943-1946) * [[Camp Garcia Vieques]] - US Marines (1913, 1960–2003) *[[Engineer Special Brigade#Amphibious Training Center|Amphibious Training Center]] **[[Camp Edwards]] (1942-1945) **[[Camp Gordon Johnston]] (1942 - 1946)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=100897|title=Camp Gordon Johnston Training Area Historical Marker|website=www.hmdb.org}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=16847|title=World War II D-Day Training Site Historical Marker|website=www.hmdb.org}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=210419|title=Franklin County, a War Memorial|website=www.hmdb.org}}</ref> **[[Fort Lewis (Washington)|Fort Lewis]] (Camp 1917–present) (Amphibious Training Center 1942 - 1945)

===In Africa=== [[US Naval Bases North Africa]]: *[[Ténès Naval Base]] (1942-1945) *[[Béni Saf Naval Base]] (1942-1945) *[[Bizerte Naval Base]] (1942-1945) *[[Tunis Naval Base]] (1942-1945) *[[Ferryville Naval Base]] (1942-1945)

===In the Pacific=== [[US Naval Advance Bases]]: * [[Naval Base Brisbane#Naval Base Cairns|Naval Base Cairns]] Australia (1943 - 1945) (now [[HMAS Cairns (naval base)]] * Amphibious Training Base [[Sandstone Point, Queensland]] Australia (1943 - 1945)<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.ww2places.qld.gov.au/place?id=1373 | title=Place | date=30 June 2014 | access-date=5 August 2023 | archive-date=14 August 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230814121129/https://www.ww2places.qld.gov.au/place?id=1373 | url-status=dead }}</ref> * [[HMAS Assault|Port Stephens amphibious landing training base-HMAS Assault]] Australia shared (1943 - 1945) * Training Centre [[Toorbul Point]] at [[Sandstone Point, Queensland]] Australia shared (1943 - 1945) * [[Amphibious Training Base Milne Bay]] Swinger Bay Alotau Base, Papua New Guinea (1942 - 1945) [[Amphibious Construction Battalion 2]] *[[Māhia Peninsula]] Amphibious Training beach in [[Installations of the United States Navy in New Zealand|New Zealand]] (1942-1945)<ref>[https://www.nzdf.mil.nz/assets/Uploads/DocumentLibrary/Professional-Journal-of-the-Royal-New-Zealand-Navy-December-2020_online.pdf Professional-Journal-of-the-Royal-New-Zealand-Navy, December -2020''nzdf.mil.nz'']</ref> *[[Petone]] landing beach training at [[Eastbourne, New Zealand]] (1942-1945) <ref>[https://nzhistory.govt.nz/war/us-forces-in-new-zealand/the-camps US forces in New Zealand, Th camps, ''nzhistory.govt.nz'']</ref>

===In the United Kingdom=== *[[Rosneath naval base|HMS Rosneath]] at [[Argyll and Bute]], Scotland, US operated base. Also Seabee base. (1942-1945)

Combined Operations Amphibious Training Base with [[Royal Navy]] in west of Scotland and the south of England (1943-1944):<ref>[https://www.combinedops.com/Training%20EST%20UK.htm Combined Operations Amphibious Training Bases]</ref> * Amphibious Training Base [[Crow Point, England|Crow Point]] in [[Devon]], England pre D-Day 1943-44<ref>[https://www.criticalpast.com/video/65675058867_United-States-troops_amphibious-training_Landing-Craft-Mechanized_embarking-on-a-craft Amphibious Training Base at Crow Point 1943]</ref> *Amphibious Training Base Woolacombe Beach Devon, England pre D-Day 1943 <ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMGxsfHeuMQ Amphibious Training Base Woolacombe Beach, ''youtube.com'']</ref> * HMS Dundonald [[Troon, Scotland|Troon Scotland]] *[[RAF Dundonald|Dundonald Air Station]] in South Ayrshire, Scotland, also used for amphibious landing training *HMS Dinosaur I, HQ for tank landing craft training, [[Troon, Ayrshire]] Scotland *HMS Stopford at [[West Lothian]] Scotland, landing craft base *[[Port Glasgow]] Scotland, Landing Craft Maintenance base *HMS Mylodon at [[Lowestoft]] England, Landing Craft base *HMS Woolverstone at [[Ipswich]] England, Landing Craft base *HMS Helder at [[Brightlingsea]] England, Landing Craft training base *HMS Westcliff at [[Southend-on-Sea|Southend]] England, Landing Craft training base * HMS Lizard at [[Shoreham-by-Sea|Shoreham]], England, Landing Craft training base *[[HMS Mastodon]], England, Combined Ops base for landing craft *[[HMS Northney]], England, Base I, II, III & IV Training establishment for landing craft and Combined Ops camp *Dartmouth III at [[Dartmouth, Devon|Dartmouth]], England, Combined Operations Boat Training *HMS St Clement at [[Coalhouse Fort]], [[Tilbury]], Essex, England, Combined Operations base

==Photo gallery== <gallery> File:Amphibian engineers land 45th Division troops at Cape Cod.jpg|Amphibian engineers land 45th Division troops at Cape Cod in 1942 File:Unloading_an_LST_Pontoon_Causeway_at_Safta_Beach.jpg|1006th Seabees in the Salerno Invasion,[[Operation Avalanche]], unloading an LST ship over a Pontoon Causeway at Safta Beach in September 1943. The ship had trained and loaded with the Pontoon Causeway at an US Naval Bases North Africa Amphibious Training Bases File:1006th_Seabees_using_a_Three-Section_Pontoon_Causeway_at_Safta_Beach.jpg|1006th Seabees using a Three-Section Pontoon Causeway at Safta Beach in September 1943. File:LVT-4 1.jpg|[[Landing Vehicle Tracked|LVT-4]] unloading a Jeep File:Tracked landing vehicles (LVTs) approach Iwo Jima;fig14.jpg|Landing Vehicle Tracked (LVTs) approach [[Iwo Jima]] File:Near Algiers, "Torch" troops hit the beaches behind a large American flag "Left" hoping for the French Army not fire... - NARA - 195516.jpg|American troops land on an Algerian beach during Operation Torch HMAS Assault (304848).jpg|Troops and landing craft crews training at [[HMAS Assault|HMAS ''Assault'']] during World War II File:The Royal Navy during the Second World War- Operation Torch, North Africa, November 1942 A12649.jpg|American troops unload stores from [[Landing Craft Assault|LCA 26]] at Beach Z, near [[Arzeu]] US Navy 120109-N-GF386-064 Landing Craft Utility (LCU) 1654, assigned to [[Assault Craft Unit 2]], departs the well deck of the amphibious assault ship.jpg | US NavyLanding Craft Utility (LCU) 1654, assigned to Assault Craft Unit 2, departs the well deck of the amphibious assault ship Defense.gov photo essay 091012-M-8583E-011.jpg| A light-armored vehicle assaults the beach from a landing craft utility from Assault Craft Unit 2 during an amphibious assault demonstration conducted as part of Bright Star 2009, Egypt, Oct. 12, 2009. LCAC-55 maneuvers to enter the well deck.jpg| A US Navy [[Ship-to-Shore Connector|LCAC]] maneuvers to enter the well deck of the amphibious assault ship [[USS Kearsarge (LHD-3)|USS ''Kearsarge'']] USMC LCAC offloading.jpg|USMC [[LAV-25]]s and [[HMMWV]]s are offloaded from a USN LCAC craft at [[Royal Thai Marine Corps|Samesan RTMB]], [[Thailand]] Bright Star 2009 DVIDS214767.jpg|Three LCACs conduct an amphibious assault exercise during [[Operation Bright Star|Bright Star '09]] File:Defense.gov photo essay 100813-D-7203C-038.jpg|[[United States Navy SEALs|US Navy SEALs]] training at [[Naval Special Warfare Center]], [[Naval Amphibious Base Coronado]] File:MāhiaPeninsula andingbeachtraining.jpg|Māhia Peninsula Amphibious Training beach in [[Installations of the United States Navy in New Zealand|New Zealand]] </gallery>

==See also== *[[United States Marine Corps Reconnaissance Training Company]] *[[United States Navy SEALs]] *[[US Naval Advance Bases]] *[[List of United States Navy shore activities during World War II]] *[[Landing Craft Rubber Large]]

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