Bayfield Class Attack Transports: USS Bayfield, USS Henrico, USS Alpine, USS Bolivar, USS Cavalier, USS Hansford, USS Cambria, USS Goodhue

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 33. Chapters: USS Bayfield, USS Henrico, USS Alpine, USS Bolivar, USS Cavalier, USS Hansford, USS Cambria, USS Goodhue, USS Leon, USS Clay, Bayfield class attack transport, USS Callaway, USS Fremont, USS Custer, USS Grafton, USS Hanover, USS DuPage, USS Fayette, USS Barnstable, USS Chilton, USS Cecil, USS Lamar, USS Elmore, USS Goshen, USS Sitka, USS Westmoreland, USS Mendocino, USS Dade, USS Riverside, USS Burleigh, USS Hampton, USS Hamblen, USS Guilford, USS Montour, USS Knox. Excerpt: 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. Bayfield was originally laid down as SS Sea Bass under a Maritime Commission contract on 14 November 1942 at San Francisco, California by the Western Pipe and Steel Company. The hull was assigned to the Navy as naval transport AP-78 and was redesignated attack transport APA-33 on 1 February 1943. APA-33 was launched on 15 February. The Navy acquired the vessel on 30 June, renamed it Bayfield, and placed it in reduced commission the same day. Bayfield left San Francisco on 7 July and arrived in Brooklyn, New York on 29 July, where it was decommissioned and converted by the Atlantic Basic Iron Works to an attack transport. The completed ship was then commissioned USS Bayfield (APA-33) on 20 November 1943 with Captain Lyndon Spencer, USCG, in command. Following a shakedown cruise in Chesapeake Bay and subsequent repairs at Norfolk Navy Yard, she conducted amphibious training in January 1944, underwent additional repair, and was declared ready for sea on 3 February. She received orders to New York to embark troops for service in Europe. On 11 February the ship departed New York with a convoy bound for the British Isles an...