USS Baxter (APA-94) was a Sumter-class attack transport that served with the US Navy during World War II. Baxter (APA-94) was launched 19 September 1943 by Gulf Shipbuilding at Chickasaw, Alabama, as Antinous under a Maritime Commission contract, transferred to the Navy 30 November 1943; placed in reduced commission the same day, sailed to New York and placed out of commission for conversion at Atlantic Basin Iron Works, Brooklyn, New York, recommissioned 15 May 1944, Captain V. R. Sinclair in command; and reported to the Pacific Fleet.