Attack transport
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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
USS American Legion was a Harris-class attack transport launched in 1919 that saw extensive service in World War II
Soldiers climb down netting on the sides of the attack transport USS McCawley on 14 June 1943, rehearsing for landings on New Georgia
A loaded Bayfield-class attack transport, USS DuPage, underway
USS Noble, a ship of the Haskell class
Landing ship, infantry
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Landing ship, infantry was a designation used for several types of British Commonwealth vessels designed to transport landing craft and troops for amphibious warfare during the Second World War. LSIs
Attack transport
…They are not to be confused with landing ships, which beach themselves to bring their troops directly ashore, or their general British equivalent, the landing ship, infantry. A total of 388 APA (troop) and AKA (cargo) attack transports were built for service in World War II in at least fifteen classes. Depending on class…
LCAs leave HMS Rocksand, a landing ship, infantry, for the island of Nancowry in the British occupation of the Nicobar Islands, October 1945
Four LCAs go ashore from HMCS Prince David off Bernières-sur-Mer, France, 6 June 1944