Keywords: USSHanoverAPA116.jpg USS Hanover APA-116 in San Francisco Bay CA in late 1945 or early 1946 returning troops from the Western Pacific to the United States as part of Operation Magic Carpet http //www navsource org/archives/10/03/03116 htm Navsource Online- US Navy photo NH 98727 Donated to the US Naval Historical Center by Boatswain's Mate First Class Robert G Tippins USN Retired 2003 Late 1945/early '46 author PD-USGov-Military-Navy Bayfield class attack transports Operation Magic Carpet World War II |