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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.
English: The U.S. Navy attack transport USS Bayfield (APA-33) at Charleston, South Carolina (USA), on 4 January 1950. She was proceeding to Pier D-5 at the Charleston Naval Shipyard to embark troops of the Third Division, from Fort Benning, Georgia (USA), to participate in "Operation Protrex".
Bayfield-class vessels were based on the large Type C3 passenger and cargo ship standard set by the US Maritime Commission.Originating in 1938, the C3 standard was designed to produce modern, good quality cargo and passenger ships to replace the ageing US merchant fleet, and which could also be readily converted into naval auxiliary vessels in the event of war.
USS George Washington Carrier Strike Group underway in the Atlantic USS Constitution under sail for the first time in 116 years on 21 July 1997 The United States Navy has approximately 470 ships in both active service and the reserve fleet; of these approximately 50 ships are proposed or scheduled for retirement by 2028, while approximately 110 new ships are in either the planning and ordering ...
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 class
With the ten-ship Nimitz class complete by 2009, October 2013 saw the launch of Gerald R. Ford, lead ship of the planned ten-ship Gerald R. Ford class. This was followed by the launch of John F. Kennedy (CVN-79) in October 2019, while construction is underway on Enterprise (CVN-80) and Doris Miller (CVN-81) .
New photos show extensive damage inflicted on the USS Harry S. Truman after it collided with a merchant ship near the Suez Canal in Egyptian waters.. The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier was ...
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