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USS Bayfield


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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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