troopship
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of troopship
Example Sentences
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In 1948, the former troopship Empire Windrush had docked at Essex carrying 492 migrants from the West Indies, attracted by the jobs boom created by postwar reconstruction.
From BBC ● May 21, 2025
After the start of World War II, it was painted gray and converted into a troopship that ferried Allied soldiers, earning the nickname the “Grey Ghost” for its speed and camouflaged color.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 1, 2021
This was the loss of the troopship HMT Rohna, a converted British cargo ship sunk in 1943 off the African coast by a German guided missile at a cost of 1,015 U.S. soldiers.
From Washington Times ● May 27, 2019
The bombs fell, the emperor surrendered, and hundreds of thousands of U.S. troops landed on the Japanese homeland by troopship and transport plane, to prevent starvation and social collapse while they remade the defeated nation.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 22, 2016
Leper Lepellier would go down paralyzed with panic on any sinking troopship before making such a jump.
From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles
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