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USS HENDERSON (DD-785)


Flag Hoist/Radio Call Sign - NKRI

Tactical Voice Radio Call Sign (circa 1968) - LIFE BLOOD

CLASS - GEARING As Built.
Displacement 3460 Tons (Full), Dimensions, 390' 6"(oa) x 40' 10" x 14' 4" (Max)
Armament 6 x 5"/38AA (3x2), 12 x 40mm AA, 11 x 20mm AA, 10 x 21" tt.(2x5).
Machinery, 60,000 SHP; General Electric Geared Turbines, 2 screws
Speed, 36.8 Knots, Range 4500 NM@ 20 Knots, Crew 336.
Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Todd Shipyards, Seattle. October 27 1944.
Launched May 28 1945 and commissioned August 4 1945.
Decommissioned (?).
Stricken September 30 1980.
To Pakistan October 1 1980, renamed Tughril.
Renamed Nazim and transferred to MSA in 1998.
Fate Decommissioned by Pakistan in 2001.

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Henderson 8kLofton R. Henderson (b. 24 May 1903, Lorain, Ohio - 4 June 1942) was a naval aviator in the United States Marine Corps during World War II. He was the commanding officer of VMSB-241 at the Battle of Midway and is recognized as the first Marine aviator to die during that battle while leading his squadron to attack the Japanese carrier forces. Henderson graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1926. Prior to World War II, he served in China, and various Caribbean stations, and on aircraft carriers Langley (CV-1), Ranger (CV-4), and Saratoga (CV-3). Major Henderson was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross for his heroism at the historic Battle of Midway, one of the decisive battles of history in which the leadership of the fleet commander and the valor of a handful of pilots changed the course of the war. While his plane was leading 16 Marine Corps planes in a glide bombing attack on the aircraft carrier Hiryu, the left wing burst into flames as he began his final approach. Henderson continued the attack and perished as his plane dived toward the enemy carrier. Henderson Field on Guadalcanal was named in his honor.Bill Gonyo
Henderson 154kUndated, location unknown.-
Henderson 109kUndated postcard.Mike Smolinski
Henderson 51kUndated postcard.Mike Smolinski
Henderson 68kSydney, Australia March 1947.Marc Piché
Henderson 63kFrom the January 1952 ALL HANDS magazine.Stanley Svec
Henderson 115kSan Diego, CA March 1953.Marc Piché
Henderson 88kView from the USS Saratoga CV-60 of the Henderson alongside the USS Sacramento AOE-1 in 1972.John C. Driskill
Henderson 48kShip's patch.Mike Smolinski
Henderson 53kShip's patch.Mike Smolinski
On Pakistani Service
Henderson 143kAs the Pakistani 167, October 1988.Marc Piché
Henderson 168kAs above.Marc Piché
Henderson 100kAs above.Marc Piché

USS HENDERSON DD-785 History
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Crew Contact And Reunion Information

Contact Name: Bob Karas
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Phone:
E-mail: Navyk@juno.com


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