transport ships
Military supply carriers
Transport ships are vessels designed to carry troops, military equipment, or supplies rather than engage in combat.
The term applies broadly to any ship moving cargo or personnel from one location to another, whether military convoys crossing oceans or civilian ships ferrying goods between ports.
Transport ships carried thousands of soldiers to the front.
- freighterVessel for transporting goods
- tankerVessel for liquid bulk
- troopshipShip carrying military personnel
- vesselReceptacle for contents
- roll-on roll-offVehicle ferry design
landing craft · carriers · boats · naval · sealift · car ferry · cargo hold · naval convoy · sea voyage · nautical · merchant marine · logistic · wartime logistics · logistics support · troop carrier · dry dock · maritime · cargoes
- shippingfreight, package, logistics, crates, freighters
- American WWIdoughboys, General Pershing, Argonne, Western Front, over there
- naval auxiliariesoilers, tankers, tenders, oiler, tanker
- amphibious warfareamphibious assault, beach landing, amphibious warfare, landing craft, amphibious vehicle
- military logisticssupply depots, supply lines, supply depot, resupply, convoy
- naval vesselswarships, warship, destroyers, cruiser, battleship
transport shipswarships
Military combat vessels
battleships · destroyers · cruisers · aircraft carriers · frigates
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