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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 WWII, 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, apt 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 350 shipmates and receive two newsletters (current newsletter) each year.
Mike McMurry,
President
BayViews Newsletter
Sally Barker,
Editor
Nicholas Kleszczewski,
Treasurer/Secretary
Bill Pancake,
Past President
ADVISORY BOARD
Special THANKS to Pete Greene, Dianna and Lewis Rutland of the USS BAYFIELD VETERANS GROUP for originally creating and maintaining this web site and to Jason Schwartzman for converting this site to the new Google format .
We need help and comments from our shipmates.
E-mail your comments to: nyknickv@hotmail.com
Thanks!!!
Site updated 9/27/2021