From Wikipedia.
Yogi Berra served aboard this vessel during World War II.
A Bayfield-class attack transport named for Bayfield, Wisconsin. This ship participated in three wars and atomic testing. And, as I wrote about earlier in the week, was the ship that famous New York Yankee catcher Yogi Berra served on during World War II. (Evidently not the Coast Guard ship Buckley as reported in the article. I could not find any mention of a Coast Guard ship of that name.)
It was commissioned 20 November 1943 and decommissioned 28 June 1968.
It received four Battle Stars in World War II, four in the Korean War and two in the Vietnam War.
The Bayfield was scrapped in September 1969.
--GreGen
The USS North Carolina (BB-55) My all-time favorite warship. As an elementary school student in North Carolina, I donated nickels and dimes to save this ship back in the early sixties.
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