Talk:USS Wakefield (AP-21)

My interest in this topic

My interest in seeing the Wakefield's story on Citizendium is because my dad served on this ship during WW II. Herbert Mahan, joined the Wakefield crew while it was undergoing it's conversion from the US Manhattan, which had been a high speed transatlantic liner previously. Dad would continue to serve on the Wakefield until the end of the war except for a period of time after a fire disabled the Wakefield in 1942. He returned to the Wakefield when it was rebuilt after a fire that almost destroyed it, He continued to serve on it until the end of the war. New York was where the Wakefield would dock between voyages. My mother got a job and moved there after they were married so she could see Dad between voyages. The Wakefield had made a large number of trips back and forth from Europe bringing home US soldiers and taking back German and Italian POWs. This is a list of the ports visited by Wakefield when my dad was on the ship. User:Warren William Mahan Mar 28, 2021

Halifax, Nova Scotia
Cape Town, South Africa
Keppel Harbor, Singapore
Colombo, Ceylon
Bombay, India
Crisabol, Panama
Panama Canal
Wellington, New Zealand
River Clyde, Scotland
New York
Philadelphia
Boston
Norfork
Liverpool, England
Naples, Italy
Marseille, France
Toulon, France
Oran, Algeria
Tartano, Italy
Le Harve, France
Cherbourg, France

My dad was a WW II European army combat veteran, and he kept a photo of the USS Saboney (the ship that brought him home) until his passing in 1992. These ships meant a lot to the troops who sailed on them. Thanks for writing this article.Pat Palmer (talk) 22:17, 28 March 2021 (UTC)

My interest in the Wakefield was kept alive by a book the Navy produced after the war for veterans who had served on the Wakefield. Evidently they produced ones for most of the ships that served in WW II. Here is the information on that book. Wakefield (AP 21)

USS Wakefield AP-21, Operated for the U.S. Navy by the U.S. Coast Guard. Cover: U.S.S. Wakefield AP-21 War Cruise History. Anon. Philadelphia: Clark Printing House, 1946. 66 pp., embossed blue hardcover with gold printing and Coast Guard seal and campaign ribbons, 27.6 x 20.4 cm, photos, ports., map. Advertised in All Hands, January 1948. NDL, private collection.

I found this on a US Navy history site. Unfortunately there is no listing for a USS Saboney. Warren William Mahan (talk) 18:38, 30 March 2021 (UTC)