page_title: President Jackson-class attack transport
hierarchical_section_title: President Jackson-class attack transport
caption_attribution_description: English: date and location unknown
context_page_description: The President Jackson-class attack transport was a class of seven US Navy attack transport that saw service in World War II.
  Like all attack transports, the purpose of the President Jackson class was to transport troops and their equipment to hostile shores, and once there to execute amphibious invasions. To perform this task, attack transports were equipped with a substantial number of integral landing craft, and an abundance of antiaircraft weaponry to protect themselves and their vulnerable cargo of troops from air attack in the battle zone.
context_section_description: The President Jackson-class attack transport was a class of seven US Navy attack transport that saw service in World War II.
  Like all attack transports, the purpose of the President Jackson class was to transport troops and their equipment to hostile shores, and once there to execute amphibious invasions. To perform this task, attack transports were equipped with a substantial number of integral landing craft, and an abundance of antiaircraft weaponry to protect themselves and their vulnerable cargo of troops from air attack in the battle zone.
caption: USS President Jackson (APA-18) underway
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