Welcome to the USS. Bayfield's web site.  On the following pages we will introduce you to our ship and it's crew.  It will be from her Coast Guard days landing the US.Army troops on "D-Day at Utah Beach, Normandy" to landing the US. Marines at Iwo Jima and other Pacific Islands.

Next, manned by a Navy crew she was at Bikini Atoll for the "A" bomb tests.  She served on China station in support of our Marines and Nationalist Chinese Forces.  She was called from PhibLant for Inchon when Korea broke out in war.  All her deployments will be covered on this site.

 Checkout the picture pages from the Korean War to the Vietnam War.

Any Bayfield shipmate can join the Association by sending in at least $10 annual dues to Nicholas Kleszczewski - 1 Stuyvesant Oval 3B - New York, New York 10009. Only this person is authorized to be Treasurer and receive funds for the Association. Please make checks (no cash) payable to USS BAYFIELD VETERANS GROUP. When joining they will receive a roster with approximately 500 shipmates and receive two newsletters each year.

IMPORTANT NOTICE

On October 26, 2009, all GeoCities sites will no longer appear on the Web, and you will no longer be able to access this web site. Please go to and bookmark our new web site: http://sites.google.com/site/ussbayfieldapa33/

Page updated 6/9/2009