The Tank Landing Craft was an amphibious assault ship for landing tanks on beachheads. They were initially developed by the British Royal Navy and later by the United States Navy during World War II in a series of versions. Initially known as the 'Tank Landing Craft' (TLC) by the British, they later adopted the U.S. nomenclature 'Landing Craft Tank' (LCT). The United States continued to build LCTs post-war, and used them under different designations in the Korean and Vietnam Wars.