Keywords: USS Pondera APA-191.jpg USS Pondera APA-191 in San Francisco Bay in late 1945 or early 1946 She is returning troops from the Western Pacific to the United States as part of Operation Magic Carpet http //www navsource org/archives/10/03/03191 htm Navsource Online - US Navy photo NH 98742 donated to the US Naval Historical Center by Boatswain's Mate First Class Robert G Tippins USN Retired 2003 unknown author PD-USGov-Military-Navy Haskell class attack transports Ships with pennant number 191 Black and white photographs |