The U.S.C.G.S Wakefield
WWII Troopship 1943
Bill Butcher, Jr. wrote about this ship in a publication called the CUB of the Golden Lion, page 40. he wrote:
"The Wakefiel ranked among the largest American passenger ships ever built. After her conversion to wartime service she became the largest ship ever manned by the Coast Guard and one of the fastest."
