Gilliam-class attack transport
The Gilliam-class attack transport was a class of attack transport built for service with the US Navy in World War II.
USS Fallon, one of 32 Gilliam-class attack transports
A gaggle of Gilliam-class vessels at Pearl Harbor, awaiting disposal in Operation Crossroads - from front to rear, Crittenden (APA-77), Catron (APA-71), Bracken (APA-64), Burleson (APA-67), Gilliam (APA-57), Fallon (APA-81), one unidentified ship, and Fillmore (APA-83)
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, such as the landing craft, vehicle, personnel (LCVP) or Higgins boat.
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
