Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
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 USS Noble, a ship of the Haskell ...
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 ...
2 × single 40mm AA gun mounts. 18 × single 20mm AA gun mounts. USS Bayfield (APA-33) was a Bayfield -class attack transport built for the United States Navy during World War II, the lead ship in her class. Named for Bayfield County, Wisconsin, she was the only U.S. Naval vessel to bear the name.
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 ...
USS. Monrovia. 1 x 5"/38 cal dual purpose gun mount; 4 x 3"/50 caliber DP gun mounts, 1 x twin Bofors 40mm gun mounts, 11 x twin 20mm gun mounts. USS Monrovia (APA-31) was a Crescent City class attack transport of the United States Navy, built from a C-3 Delta commercial freighter design, and was named for the Birthplace of President James ...
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 ...
18 × single 20mm cannon. The Bayfield-class attack transport was a class of US Navy attack transports that were built during World War II. With the entry of the United States into the war, it was quickly realized that amphibious combat operations on hostile shores would be required, and that specialized ships would be needed for the purpose.
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 ...