A troopship is a ship used to carry soldiers, either in peacetime or wartime. Operationally, standard troopships–often drafted from commercial shipping fleets–cannot land troops directly on shore, typically loading and unloading at a seaport or onto smaller vessels, either tenders or barges.
Attack transport is a United States Navy ship classification for a variant of ocean-going troopship adapted to transporting invasion forces ashore. Unlike standard troopships – often drafted from the merchant fleet – that rely on either a quay or tenders, attack transports carry their own fleet of landing craft.
Haskell-class attack transports (APA) were amphibious assault ships of the United States Navy created in 1944. They were designed to transport 1,500 troops and their combat equipment, and land them on hostile shores with the ships' integral landing craft.
The TS Golden Bear is the training ship of the California State University Maritime Academy (CSUMA), a campus of the California State University. The first training ship of the then–California Nautical School was known as the Training Ship California State, then as the T.S. Golden State. Since then, there have been three ships to bear the name T.S. Golden Bear.
USS Crescent City (AP-40/APA-21) was the lead ship of the Crescent City-class attack transports that served with the US Navy during World War II. The ship was built as the cargo and passenger liner Delorleans for the Mississippi Shipping Company's Delta Line. After brief commercial operation the ship was among 28 vessels requisitioned in June 1941 for the Navy and the Army. The Navy renamed the ship Crescent City, a popular nickname for New Orleans, Louisiana, upon commissioning 10 October 1941. The ship was decommissioned and laid up in 1948 before being loaned to the California Maritime Academy to serve as a training ship 1971–1995 and then transferred to a foundation in a failed art colony project. The ship left California for Texas scrapping in 2012.
The McCawley-class attack transport was a class of US Navy attack transport built in 1928 that saw service in World War II.
The Type C4-class ship were the largest cargo ships built by the United States Maritime Commission (MARCOM) during World War II. The design was originally developed for the American-Hawaiian Lines in 1941, but in late 1941 the plans were taken over by the MARCOM.
SS Iberville may refer to one of three Type C2-S-E1 ships built by Gulf Shipbuilding for the United States Maritime Commission:
SS Jean Lafitte may refer to one of two Type C2-S-E1 ships built by Gulf Shipbuilding for the United States Maritime Commission:
SS Delargentino may refer to one of two Type C3-P&C ships built for the United States Maritime Commission by Bethlehem Sparrows Point Shipyard and intended for the Mississippi Shipping Company:
SS Sea Arrow may refer to one of several Type C3 ships built for the United States Maritime Commission:
SS Sea Hawk may refer to one of two Type C3-S-A2 ships built for the United States Maritime Commission by Ingalls Shipbuilding:
SS Sea Hare may refer to one of two Type C3-S-A2 ships built for the United States Maritime Commission:
SS Sea Dolphin may refer to one of two Type C3-S-A2 ships built for the United States Maritime Commission by Ingalls Shipbuilding:
SS Sea Carp may refer to one of two Type C3-S-A2 ships built for the United States Maritime Commission:
SS Sea Bass may refer to one of two Type C3-S-A2 ships built for the United States Maritime Commission by Western Pipe and Steel:
SS Sea Adder may refer to one of two Type C3-S-A2 ships built for the United States Maritime Commission:
SS Sea Panther may refer to one of several Type C3 ships built for the United States Maritime Commission:
SS Sea Hound may refer to one of several Type C3 ships built for the United States Maritime Commission:
SS Excelsior may refer to one of these ships:
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