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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 ...
Amphibious cargo ships were U.S. Navy ships designed specifically to carry troops, heavy equipment and supplies in support of amphibious assaults, and to provide naval gunfire support during those assaults. A total of 108 of these ships were built between 1943 and 1945—which worked out to an average of one ship every eight days.
The Arthur Middleton-class attack transport was a class of three US Navy attack transport that saw most of its service in World War II. Ships of the class were named after signatories of the American Declaration of Independence . Like all attack transports, the purpose of the Arthur Middleton 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 ...
Harris. -class attack transport. 4 × 3"/50 caliber dual-purpose guns, 1-2 × twin 40mm guns, 0-2 × quad 1.1"/75 caliber guns, 10-18 × single 20mm guns. The Harris-class attack transport was a class of US Navy attack transport which saw service in World War II. The purpose of any attack transport was to deliver troops and their equipment to ...
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.