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USS Windsor (APA-55) Underway near the Norfolk Navy Yard on 27 June 1943. This ship and her sister Leedstown (APA-56) had two sets of Welin davits near the bow in addition to the usual four amidships, as did all the units of the Ormsby (APA-49) and Sumter (APA-52) classes. Photo No. 19-N-48434 Source: U.S. National Archives, RG-19-LCM |
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USS Windsor (APA-55) Underway near the Norfolk Navy Yard on 27 June 1943. This class was converted from hulls designed for the American Export Line, which retained in all of its new ships the old style counter stern visible here. The two anti-aircraft mounts forward of the 5"/38 gun on the stern are 1.1" quads. Photo No. 80-G-48436 Source: U.S. National Archives, RG-19-LCM |
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USS Leedstown (APA-56) Near the Norfolk Navy Yard on 19 August 1943. Photo No. 19-N-53218 Source: U.S. National Archives, RG-19-LCM |
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USS Adair (APA-91) Near the Norfolk Navy Yard on 15 August 1944. In this and later ships of this class, the pair of Welin davits located near the bow in the first two ships of the class was omitted. Photo No. 19-N-71987 Source: U.S. National Archives, RG-19-LCM |
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USS Dutchess (APA-98) Probably photographed in Chesapeake Bay upon completion of conversion in November 1944. Photo No. 19-N-73675 Source: U.S. National Archives, RG-19-LCM |
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USS Shelby (APA-105) In Chesapeake Bay off Sparrows Point on 20 January 1945, the day she was commissioned. Photo No. 19-N-77399 Source: U.S. National Archives, RG-19-LCM |
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USS Shelby (APA-105) In Chesapeake Bay off Sparrows Point on 20 January 1945, the day she was commissioned. The later units of this class were completed with two twin 40mm antiaircraft mounts aft instead of the quadruple 1.1" mounts in the first two units. Photo No. 19-N-77401 Source: U.S. National Archives, RG-19-LCM |
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