Keywords: USS Crescent City (AP-40) in December 1940.jpg Aerial port side view of the U S Navy transport USS Crescent City AP-40 later APA-21 The stowage arrangements for her landing craft on gantries and as deck cargo are clearly shown Note the 12 7 cm/51 gun at the stern and two 7 6 cm/50 AA guns and their ready use ammunition stowage behind the after pair of sampson posts Another 7 6 cm gun is mounted on a platform at the bows 20 mm Oerlikon AA guns are mounted at the forward end of the superstructure 302578 1942-12-15 Australian armed forces Image copyright Copyright expired - public domain frame cropped PD-Australia USS Crescent City APA-21 ship 1940 |