troopship in English
noun
1
a ship designed or used for transporting troops.
His frigate served initially as a troopship in the 1801 operations, before assuming the role of a hospital ship.
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1. She escorted troopship convoys from Saigon to Rangoon through the remainder of March.
2. We boarded the Marine Adder, a former troopship, sailing from San Francisco, California.
3. In early May, she escorted the troopship Empress of Australia to Norway.
4. On 24 December 1944, Brilliant was escorting the troopship Leopoldville when the ship was struck by a torpedo from U-486, 51⁄2 nautical miles off Cherbourg.