Troopship (Noun)
Meaning
Ship for transporting troops.
Classification
Nouns denoting man-made objects.
Examples
- During the Second World War, Allied nations deployed several troopships across the globe for faster redeployment of military personnel.
- The USS Henderson served as a troopship in the 1950s and 1960s in support of the United States armed forces in far-flung operations.
- It took nearly a month for the British troopship to travel from England to India, where the soldiers would join the colonial garrison.
- Using converted passenger liners as troopships allowed military commanders to move thousands of soldiers simultaneously.
- Before the introduction of modern military aircraft, troopships remained the only option for large-scale transportation of troops across oceans.