In August and September 1954, during one of her many Far Eastern deployments, USS Bayfield took part in Operation "Passage to Freedom". This effort, a consequence of the end of France's Indochina war, transported more that three-hundred thousand people, nearly seventy-thousand tons of cargo and over eight-thousand vehicles from northern to southern Vietnam between August 1954 and May 1955. Though Bayfield's part in the operation was limited, it was well photographed, as these pages show.
This page features, and provides links to, all the views we have related to USS Bayfield's transportation of refugees from North to South Vietnam in 1954.
For more photographs of this subject, see:
For other images concerning this ship, see:
If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions." |
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Photo #: 80-G-709239 Operation "Passage to Freedom", 1954-1955 Four crewmen display a welcoming banner for Vietnamese refugees coming on board USS Bayfield (APA-33) for passage to Saigon, Indochina, from Haiphong, 3 September 1954. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. Online Image: 92KB; 740 x 610 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system. |
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Photo #: 80-G-709240 Operation "Passage to Freedom", 1954-1955 A Sailor assists a heavily burdened Vietnamese refugee boarding USS Bayfield (APA-33) for passage to Saigon, Indochina, from Haiphong, 3 September 1954. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. Online Image: 87KB; 480 x 765 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system. |
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Photo #: 80-G-709243 Operation "Passage to Freedom", 1954-1955 Navy Chaplain Lieutenant Francis J. Fitzpatrick assists Vietnamese refugees on board USS Bayfield (APA-33), circa September 1954. He acted as their intrepreter during their voyage to Saigon, Indochina, from Haiphong. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. Online Image: 102KB; 595 x 765 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system. |
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Photo #: 80-G-644521 Operation "Passage to Freedom", 1954-1955 A Navy Hospital Corpsman administers medical treatment to a Vietnamese refugee with an painfully infected arm, while en route from Haiphong to Saigon, Indochina, on board USS Bayfield (APA-33), 7 September 1954. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. Online Image: 105KB; 600 x 765 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system. |
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Photo #: 80-G-644524 Operation "Passage to Freedom", 1954-1955 Vietnamese refugee receives medical treatment from a Navy Hospital Corpsman, while en route from Haiphong to Saigon, Indochina, on board USS Bayfield (APA-33), 7 September 1954. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. Online Image: 95KB; 600 x 765 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system. |
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Photo #: 80-G-709244 Operation "Passage to Freedom", 1954-1955 A crewmen rations out water for Vietnamese refugees on board USS Bayfield (APA-33) during their journey to Saigon, Indochina, from Haiphong, circa September 1954. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. Online Image: 129KB; 740 x 615 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system. |
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Photo #: 80-G-652318 Operation "Passage to Freedom", 1954-1955 Vietnamese refugees receive food on board USS Bayfield (APA-33) while en route to Saigon, Indochina, from Haiphong, circa September 1954. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. Online Image: 129KB; 740 x 605 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system. |
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Photo #: 80-G-639980 Operation "Passage to Freedom", 1954-1955 Vietnamese refugee in a topsides food service line on board USS Bayfield (APA-33), while enroute from to Saigon, Indochina, August 1954. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. Online Image: 82KB; 600 x 765 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system. |
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For more photographs of this subject, see:
For other images concerning this ship, see:
If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions." |
Page made 11 April 2004