From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishtroopshiptroop‧ship /ˈtruːpˌʃɪp/ noun [countable] TTWa ship used for moving soldiers
Examples from the Corpus
troopship• Lost a troopship, all the crew and all the auxiliaries except us.• He was on duty when his wife-to-be left her military hospital and was put on a troopship for home.• Of course it was impossible to board a returning troopship without papers.• While we were concentrating on the troopship and the fighting on the planet.• The troopship which had taken him to war. 