 The first landing craft carrier was completed by Japan in 1935.The United States Navy began launching dock landing ships in 1943.The 8,580-ton "Beachy Head"-class ships HMS "Buchan Ness", "Dodman Point", "Dungeness", "Fife Ness", "Girdle Ness" and "Spurn Point" were used as depot ships for Ramped Cargo Lighters during the last year of World War II.