TS Bay State
EX-Name: USS Doyen (APA-1)
Namesake: Brigadier Charles A. Doyen, World War I artillery commander
Builder: Consolidated Steel
Launched: 9 July 1942
Acquired: 20 April 1943
Commissioned: 22 May 1943
Decommissioned: 20 March 1946
Reclassified: AP-2 to APA-1, 1 February 1943
Struck: 22 March 1946
Identification: MC hull type P1-S2-L2, MC hull no. 181
Honours and
awards: Six battle stars for World War II service
Mass. Maritime training ship: 1957-1974
Fate: Sold 1974

Bridge of the TS Bay State, 1972 cruise, January. Note the RDF to the left, an important navigation tool back then!