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{{short description|Ship used to carry soldiers}} {{about|troops transported by ship|troops transported by helicopter|transport helicopter}} [[File:USS McCawley landing rehearsal.jpg|right|thumb|Soldiers climb down netting on the sides of the [[attack transport]] {{USS|McCawley|APA-4|6}} on 14 June 1943, rehearsing for landings on [[New Georgia]].]] [[File:USS DuPage (APA-41) underway at sea on 13 October 1943 (80-G-87138).jpg|thumb|{{USS|DuPage|APA-41|6}}, a {{Sclass|Bayfield|attack transport}} underway with its complement of landing craft]] A '''troopship''' (also '''troop ship''' or '''troop transport''' or '''trooper''') is a [[ship]] used to carry [[soldier]]s, either in peacetime or wartime. Troopships were often drafted from commercial shipping fleets, and were unable to land troops directly on shore, typically loading and unloading at a [[seaport]] or onto smaller vessels, either [[Ship's tender|tenders]] or [[barges]]. [[Attack transports]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Amphibious Attack Transport (APA)| work = navource.org |url=http://www.navsource.org/archives/10/03/03idx.htm}}</ref> a variant of ocean-going troopship adapted to transporting invasion forces ashore, carry their own fleet of landing craft. [[Landing ship]]s beach themselves and bring their troops directly ashore.
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