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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 ...
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.
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.
4 × 3"/50 caliber dual-purpose guns, variable secondary. The Doyen-class attack transport was a class of two attack transports that saw service with the US Navy in World War II. Ships of the class were named after generals of the United States Marine Corps. Like all attack transports, the purpose of the Doyen class was to transport troops and ...
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 ...
USS Barnett (APA-5) was a McCawley-class attack transport that served with the US Navy during World War II. Barnett was launched in 1928 as the passenger ship Santa Maria by the Furness Shipbuilding Company of Haverton-on-Tees, England for the Grace Line. The ship was purchased by the Navy 11 August 1940 and commissioned 25 September 1940.
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 ...