page_title: USS Hansford (APA-106)
hierarchical_section_title: USS Hansford (APA-106)
caption_attribution_description: The U.S. Navy attack transport USS Hansford (APA-106) in San Pedro Bay, 19 November 1944. The last four ships built at Western Pipe and Steel Company (APA-106 to APA-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 USS Barnstable (APA-93).
context_page_description: USS Hansford (APA-106) was a Bayfield-class attack transport that served with the US Navy during World War II.
  Originally christened Sea Adder, the vessel was launched 25 April 1944 as Gladwin by Western Pipe & Steel of San Francisco, under Maritime Commission contract. She was transferred to the Navy and renamed Hansford on 25 August, and commissioned on 12 October 1944, Comdr. William A. Lynch in command.
context_section_description: USS Hansford (APA-106) was a Bayfield-class attack transport that served with the US Navy during World War II.
  Originally christened Sea Adder, the vessel was launched 25 April 1944 as Gladwin by Western Pipe & Steel of San Francisco, under Maritime Commission contract. She was transferred to the Navy and renamed Hansford (after Hansford County, Texas) on 25 August, and commissioned on 12 October 1944, Comdr. William A. Lynch in command.
caption: USS Hansford (APA-106) in November 1944
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