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USSBolivar (APA-34) Underway circa September 1943 shortly after commissioning. She carries the standard rig of the Western Pipe-built units: a pair of kingposts and a mast forward and a pair of kingposts and a mast aft. In Clay (APA-39) the forward pair of kingposts was later converted into a goalpost as in the Ingalls-built units. Photo No. 19-N-51443 Source: U.S. National Archives, RG-19-LCM |
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USS Callaway (APA-35) Off the New York Navy Yard on 18 September 1943. She is loading supplies from a civilian barge. Also alongside is the tug handling the barge and two Coast Guard motor boats. Photo No. 19-N-51448 Source: U.S. National Archives, RG-19-LCM |
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USS Fayette (APA-43) Off the New York Navy Yard on 21 October 1943. This early Ingalls-built unit retained the rig delivered by Ingalls: a goalpost and pair of kingposts forward and a pair of kingposts and a goalpost aft. Photo No. 19-N-54442 Source: U.S. National Archives, RG-19-LCM |
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USS Barnstable (APA-93) At San Francisco on 5 May 1945. This ship and two other later Western Pipe hulls (APA-92, 93, and 96) had the forward pair of kingposts connected at the top by a light crossbar. During conversion an additional pair of short kingposts was installed just forward of the bridge. Photo No. 19-N-87724 Source: U.S. National Archives, RG-19-LCM |
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USS Hansford (APA-106) In San Pedro Bay on 19 November 1944. The last four units at Western Pipe (APA 106-109) had two pairs of kingposts connected at the top by light lattice trusses. They also received the additional pair of short kingposts just forward of the bridge introduced in Barnstable (APA-93). Photo No. 19-N-74581 Source: U.S. National Archives, RG-19-LCM |
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USS Alpine (APA-92) Photographed by the Naval Station, Seattle, Washington, on 5 July 1945. The two twin 40mm mounts added forward to some units of this class in mid-1945 are located at the base of the forward pair of kingposts. In this ship, the directors for these mounts were located a third of the way up the kingposts. Photo No. 19-N-90193 Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command |
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USS Guilford (APA-112) In Mobile Bay on 18 May 1945 soon after commissioning. In this and the other later Ingalls-built hulls (beginning with APA-95), the Navy retained only the forward Ingalls goalpost and replaced the rest of the rig with two large single masts as in the Western Pipe-built units. The pair of kingposts between the stack and the after mast was also deleted. Photo No. 19-N-86365 Source: U.S. National Archives, RG-19-LCM |
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USS Sitka (APA-113) Probably photographed in mid or late 1945. One of the two twin 40mm mounts added to this ship in mid-1945 is clearly visible in an enlarged gun tub to port of the forward kingpost pair. Its director is not visible. Photo No. Unknown Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command |
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