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Attack transport. USS American Legion was a Harris -class attack transport launched in 1919 that saw extensive service in World War II. Soldiers climb down netting on the sides of the attack transport USS McCawley on 14 June 1943, rehearsing for landings on New Georgia. A loaded Bayfield -class attack transport, USS DuPage, underway.
Haskell-class attack transports (APA) were amphibious assault ships of the United States Navy created in 1944. They were designed to transport 1,500 troops and their combat equipment, and land them on hostile shores with the ships' integral landing craft. The Haskell s were very active in the World War II Pacific Theater of Operations, landing ...
USS. McCawley. (APA-4) 18 x single Oerlikon 20 mm cannons. USS McCawley (APA-4) was a McCawley -class attack transport that served with the United States Navy during World War II. Named after Charles G. McCawley, eighth Commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps, she was the lead ship in her class. The second McCawley, formerly SS Santa Barbara, was ...
Following a voyage to Samar, Gilliam moored at Pearl Harbor on 16 February 1946 and prepared to participate in the atomic bomb tests at Bikini atoll in the summer of 1946. On the morning of 1 July 1946, Gilliam, a target ship for Test Able, was the first ship struck by the blast and sunk quickly in Bikini lagoon, badly damaged. [1] She was ...
USS Samuel Chase. USS. Samuel Chase. USS Samuel Chase (APA-26), launched as SS African Meteor, was an Arthur Middleton -class attack transport manned by the United States Coast Guard during World War II. She was named after Founding Father Samuel Chase, a signatory to the Declaration of Independence. Samuel Chase participated in all five of the ...
USS Henrico (APA-45) was a Bayfield-class attack transport that served with the United States Navy in World War II, and subsequently in the Korean War, Cold War and Vietnam War. The ship was laid down as SS Sea Darter, a Type C3-S-A2 hull, under a Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 393) [2] by Ingalls Shipbuilding Co., Pascagoula ...
2 x 6" guns, 4 x 40 mm guns. USS Harry Lee (APA-10) was a Harry Lee -class attack transport that saw service with the US Navy during World War II. She served in the Pacific War, as well as in North Atlantic Ocean operations, and safely returned home post-war with seven battle stars to her credit. She was the only ship in her class.
Armament. (most ships): 4 x 3"/50 caliber dual-purpose guns, 2 x twin 40mm guns, 18 x single 20mm guns. 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 ...