USS Stratford (AP-41)
USS Stratford (AK-45/AP-41) was a Stratford class transport, ''Stratford''-class transport commissioned by the U.S. Navy for service in World War II. She was responsible for delivering military personnel and equipment to ships and stations in the war zone. ''Stratford'' (AP-41), ex-SS ''Catherine'', was built in 1918 by the Manitowoc Shipbuilding Company of Manitowoc, Wisconsin, acquired by the Navy on 31 July 1941, and commissioned on 25 August 1941 at Baltimore, Maryland. World War II service After completing her shakedown cruise, shakedown in the Chesapeake Bay area, ''Stratford'' sailed from Norfolk, Virginia, on 23 October, for Iceland, via New York City and Nova Scotia. She arrived at Reykjavík on 16 November 1941 and operated there until 25 March 1942 when she returned to Boston, Massachusetts. The transport made another cruise to Iceland and returned to Boston, Massachusetts, on 27 June. She was ordered to proceed to California, via Norfolk, Key West, Florida, Guantánam ...
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