RMS Olympic to Belfast where the passengers disembarked. Following "Olympic"s return to Britain, the White Star Line intended to lay her up in Belfast until the war was over, but in May 1915 she was requisitioned by the Admiralty, to be used as a troop transport, along with the Cunard liners and . The Admiralty had initially been reluctant to use large ocean liners as troop transports because of their vulnerability to enemy attack, however a shortage of ships gave them little choice. At the same time, "Olympic"s other sister ship "Britannic", which had not yet been completed, was requisitioned as a
General Frank S. Besson-class logistics support vessel an intra-theater line haul roll-on/roll-off cargo ship. The vessel's cargo deck is designed to handle any vehicle in the US Army inventory and can carry up to 15 M1 Abrams main battle tanks or 82 ISO standard containers. The "Robert T. Kuroda" is the lead vessel of a new subclass of the "Frank S. Besson" class called LSV (MOD). The "Kuroda", named after Robert T. Kuroda, and its sister ship, the "Smalls", named after Robert Smalls, are generally similar to the rest of the class except that the ships are longer than the other ships of the class. This is