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Definition of Transport ship

1. Noun. A ship for carrying soldiers or military equipment.

Definition of Transport ship

1. Noun. (nautical) A ship that is used to transport military personnel; a troop ship. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Transport Ship

Literary usage of Transport ship

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Correspondence Concerning Claims Against Great Britain: Transmitted to the by United States Dept. of State (1870)
"Upon such facts he would say, I should contend that she is fitted up as a transport ship or as a ship to carry stores; that is what he says. ..."

2. Biographical Sketches of Loyalists of the American Revolution: With an by Lorenzo Sabine (1864)
"... survivors of the transport ship Martha, wrecked on the passage to Nova Scotia. [See James Henley.] GILL, . Ensign in the Maryland Loyalists. ..."

3. A Journal of Travels in England, Holland, and Scotland: And of Two Passages by Benjamin Silliman (1812)
"A transport ship....A Quarry...Duelling ground....Environs of Liverpool ....St. Domingo...Singular compliment to the Prince of Glou- oester. ..."

4. Report on American Manuscripts in the Royal Institution of Great Britain by William Howe Howe, Henry Clinton, Royal Institution of Great Britain, Guy Carleton Dorchester (1906)
"An English letter of marque lately brought in a Spanish transport ship with five officers, 70 men, and military stores ; the vessel belonged to the fleet of ..."

5. Memoirs of Paul Jones: Late Rear-admiral in the Russian Service, Chevalier by John Paul Jones (1843)
"... and I sent off a transport ship with officers and men on this duty. " His Highness the Prince-Marshal now made his troops advance. They passed the Bog, ..."

6. El Puchero: Or, A Mixed Dish from Mexico, Embracing General Scott's Campaign by Richard McSherry, David Holmes Conrad (1850)
"... II. i Sail with Troops in a transport ship—A Military School at Sea—A Sailor Captain's History—Trouble at Havana. US transport ship, off Havana, June. ..."

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