wcdino685 Posted May 8, 2016 Share #1 Posted May 8, 2016 Found this old photo of her at a Antique shop. She has a very interesting service history under her belt. Hall of Fame baseball player Yogi Berra was a gunner's mate on-board Bayfield on D-Day. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Bayfield Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MWalsh Posted May 8, 2016 Share #2 Posted May 8, 2016 Nice picture, and I agree,mother ship does have an interesting history; WW2 in two oceans, Korea, and Vietnam, and commanded by a USCG officer when commissioned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sundance Posted May 14, 2016 Share #3 Posted May 14, 2016 Avery nice photo. What did they call that class of ship? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wcdino685 Posted May 14, 2016 Author Share #4 Posted May 14, 2016 It's a attack ship, you can see the LCV and LCMs near the bow and and stern I think as well as on the sides. She would park off the coast and according to wiki she had 12 smaller lcvp craft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sigsaye Posted May 14, 2016 Share #5 Posted May 14, 2016 PA ( was short for (APA) was Amphibious Transport Personnel. It carried troops, would anchor off the cost and run troops ashore with its assault boats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sundance Posted May 16, 2016 Share #6 Posted May 16, 2016 Interesting, my Dad shipped back from Japan to Seattle in December,'45 on the USS Hansford which was also an APA (APA 106 I think). He said it was a very rough trip with ropes strung outside between hatches - I assume for soldiers who didn't have the sea legs the sailors had. Regardless, he said he didn't care because he was heading home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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