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Definition of Troop transport
1. Noun. Any land or sea or air vehicle designed to carry troops.
Generic synonyms: Military Vehicle
Specialized synonyms: Troopship
Category relationships: Armed Forces, Armed Services, Military, Military Machine, War Machine
Lexicographical Neighbors of Troop Transport
Literary usage of Troop transport
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Two Thousand Questions and Answers about the War: A Catechism of the Methods by The Review of reviews (1918)
"... troop transport OVER SEAS Q.—Did American troops go to Europe immediately
after war was declared? A.—The first American force was sent within a few ..."
2. Two Thousand Questions and Answers about the War: A Catechism of the Methods by Julius Washington Muller (1918)
"... troop transport OVER SEAS Q.—Did American troops go to Europe immediately
after war was declared? A.—The first American force of any size was sent in ..."
3. The New York Times Current History (1919)
"troop transport ATTACKED The large troopship Persic, with 2800 American soldiers
... The American troop transport Mount Vemon, formerly the German merchant ..."
4. A History of the Transport Service: Adventures and Experiences of United by Albert Gleaves (1921)
"Additional destroyers having been sent abroad for escort duty, it became possible
to sail medium speed (13 to 14 knots) troop transport convoys from New ..."
5. World's War Events: Recorded by Statesmen, Commanders, Historians and by Men by Francis Joseph Reynolds, Allen Leon Churchill (1919)
"On the next day we met the Indus, bound for Bombay, all fitted up as a troop
transport, but still with- The Indus out troops. ..."
6. World's War Events: Recorded by Statesmen, Commanders, Historians and by Men by Allen Leon Churchill (1919)
"On the next day we met the Indus, bound for Bombay, all fitted up as a troop
transport, but still without troops. That was the first one we sunk, ..."
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