Noun
transport ship (plural transport ships)
(nautical) A ship that is used to transport military personnel; a troopship.
Although measures were taken during the embarkation of the Acadians to the transport ship, some families became split up. Source: Internet
Hara, p. 118–119; and Hough, p. 293. An unknown, but "large" number of the 5th Yokosuka troops were killed in the sinking of their transport ship. Source: Internet
The Israelis contended that they assumed the Liberty was an Egyptian supply ship called El Quseir, which, even though it was a rusting transport ship then docked in Alexandria, the IDF said it suspected of shelling Israeli troops from the sea. Source: Internet
This man brought other members of the black community in Westfield on foot to Halifax to board a transport ship in 1791 bound for Sierra Leone in search of a better life. Source: Internet
Warwick Castle in 1931 On 14 November 1942, she sank the 20,107-ton troop transport ship MV Warwick Castle (one of the largest sunk in World War II). Source: Internet
Many Acadians died in the expulsion en route to France; on December 13, 1758, the transport ship Duke William sank and 364 died. Source: Internet