| rdfs:comment | - USS Cecil (APA-96) was a Bayfield class attack transport that served with the US Navy during World War II. Launched as Sea Angler by Western Pipe & Steel, San Francisco, California, under a Maritime Commission contract, the vessel was acquired by the Navy 26 February 1944 and renamed Cecil after a county in Maryland. She was placed in reduced commission 27 February, converted at Commercial Iron Works, Portland, Oregon, and placed in full commission 15 September 1944, Captain P. G. Hale in command.
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| abstract | - USS Cecil (APA-96) was a Bayfield class attack transport that served with the US Navy during World War II. Launched as Sea Angler by Western Pipe & Steel, San Francisco, California, under a Maritime Commission contract, the vessel was acquired by the Navy 26 February 1944 and renamed Cecil after a county in Maryland. She was placed in reduced commission 27 February, converted at Commercial Iron Works, Portland, Oregon, and placed in full commission 15 September 1944, Captain P. G. Hale in command.
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