USS Heywood (APA-6): Heywood Class Attack Transport, Attack Transport, United States Navy, World War II, Pacific War, Bethlehem Steel, Alameda, California, Panama Pacific Line

USS Heywood (APA-6): Heywood Class Attack Transport, Attack Transport, United States Navy, World War II, Pacific War, Bethlehem Steel, Alameda, California, Panama Pacific Line
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Heywood (APA-6) was a Heywood-class attack transport acquired by the U.S. Navy for service as a troop carrier just prior to World War II. She served in the Pacific War, a very dangerous area in the early years of the war, and safely returned home post-war with seven battle stars to her credit. Heywood was built in 1919 as Steadfast by the Bethlehem Steel Corp., Alameda, California. As City of Baltimore she made New York-San Francisco passenger runs for the Panama Pacific Lines throughout the 1930s. She was acquired by the Navy 26 October 1940, renamed Heywood (AP-12), and fitted out as a troop transport at Portland, Oregon, where she commissioned 7 November 1940, Captain Herbert B. Knowles in command.

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