Keywords: USS Dade APA-99.jpg USS Dade APA-99 arriving in San Francisco Bay 17 December 1945 Dade is returning troops from the Western Pacific to the United States as part of Operation Magic Carpet http //www navsource org/archives/10/03/03099 htm Navsource Online - US Navy photo NH 98714 donated by Boatswain's Mate First Class Robert G Tippins USN Retired to the US Naval Historical Center in 2003 1945-12-17 author PD-USGov-Military-Navy Bayfield class attack transports Operation Magic Carpet World War II |