The Sumter-class attack transport was a class of attack transport built for service with the US Navy in World War II. Like all attack transports, the purpose...
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USS Sumter (APA-52) (previously AP-97), an attack transport; formerly Iberville USS Sumter (LST-1181), a tank landing ship Sumter-class attack transport Sumpter...
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USS Sumter (APA-52) was a Sumter-class attack transport that served with the United States Navy from 1943 to 1946. She was subsequently sold into commercial...
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USS Warren (APA-53) (category Sumter-class attack transports)
USS Warren (APA-53) was a Sumter-class attack transport that served with the United States Navy during World War II. She was named for Founding Father...
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USS Baxter (category Sumter-class attack transports)
USS Baxter (APA-94) was a Sumter-class attack transport in service with the United States Navy from 1944 to 1946. She was subsequently sold into merchant...
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USS Wayne (category Sumter-class attack transports)
USS Wayne (APA-54) was a Sumter-class attack transport that served with the US Navy during World War II. Wayne was originally laid down as a type C2-S-E1...
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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...
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Gilliam-class attack transport was a class of attack transport built for service with the US Navy in World War II. Like all attack transports, the purpose...
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USS AFDB-2 (section Attacked)
kamikaze damage from an attack off Leyte on 1 November 1944. ABSD-2 reapied the USS Sumter (APA-52) a Sumter-class attack transport on 15 February 1945 for...
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(troop) and AKA (cargo) attack transports were built for service in World War II in at least fifteen classes. Depending on class they were armed with one...
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hull number 475), transferred to the United States Navy as Sumter-class attack transport USS Warren (APA-53); sold for commercial use in 1947; converted...
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Type C2 ship (redirect from Lassen-class ammunition ship)
AF-61 Attack Transports – APA (1 + 6AP) 3 Ormsby-class attack transports (C2-S-B1) APA-49, APA-50, APA-51 (AP-94, AP-95, AP-96) 4 Sumter-class attack transports...
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Type C2-S-E1 ship, transferred to the United States Navy as Sumter-class attack transport USS Wayne (APA-54); sold for commercial use in 1947; converted...
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hull number 483), transferred to the United States Navy as Sumter-class attack transport USS Baxter (APA-94); sold for commercial use in 1947; scrapped...
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October Amphibious assault vessels 6 attack transports: Crescent City, Warren, Windsor, Callaway, Leon, Sumter 1 transport: Storm King 1 cargo ship: Jupiter...
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ship dock: Ashland Transport Division 26 (Capt. R.E. Hanson) 3 attack transports: Callaway, Sumter, Leon 1 transport: Storm King 1 attack cargo ship: Almaack...
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of the so-called Fire-Eaters. Ruffin was present at the Battle of Fort Sumter in April 1861 and fired one cannon shot at the fort. This gave rise to the...
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transports: Monrovia, Wayne, Sumter, Menifee, Fuller 3 attack cargos: Aquarius, Circe, Casa Grande 1 vehicle landing ship: Catskill Transport Group "Baker" (Task...
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air-cushioned landing craft which allowed for over-the-horizon attacks made the class obsolete in the eyes of the United States Navy. Placed in reserve...
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Shaw Air Force Base (category Sumter, South Carolina)
base located approximately 8.4 miles (13.5 km) west-northwest of downtown Sumter, South Carolina. It is one of the largest military bases operated by the...
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USS Baxter (APA-94) Bayfield class: MC type C3-S-A2 USS Burleigh (APA-95) Sumter class: MC type C2-S-E1 USS Cecil (APA-96) Windsor class: MC type C3-S-A1, C3-S-A3...
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Confederate general who started the American Civil War at the battle of Fort Sumter on April 12, 1861. Today, he is commonly referred to as P. G. T. Beauregard...
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August and early September 1972, a series of incidents on board the USS Sumter (LST-1181) off the coast of Vietnam resulted in three Black marines being...
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SC-497-class submarine chaser: SC-997 TG 53.9 – Initial Transport Group Capt. A.D. Blackledge Transport Division 26 (Capt. Blackledge) 4 attack transports:...
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Negro". The State. October 28, 1920. p. 29. The Watchman and Southron.(Sumter, S.C.), May 05, 1920 "Young Potter Gets Six Years". Chattanooga Daily Times...
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transferred to the United States Navy as the lead ship of her class of attack transports, USS Sumter (APA-52); sold for commercial use in 1947; converted to...
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Sumter in nearby Charleston Harbor. In the fall of 1861, Smalls was assigned to steer the CSS Planter, a lightly armed Confederate military transport...
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Register – SUMTER (LST 1181)". www.nvr.navy.mil. Archived from the original on February 11, 2017. Retrieved 2018-01-27. Pike, John. "Hai Shih-class [GUPPY]...
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Fire ship (category Fire ship attacks)
Foote, Shelby (2011-01-26). The Civil War: A Narrative: Volume 1: Fort Sumter to Perryville. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. p. 355. ISBN 9780307744678...
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transferred his small force to Fort Sumter and became second-in-command to Maj. Robert Anderson during the Battle of Fort Sumter. Foster was appointed a brigadier...
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