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USS Henry T. Allen (AG-90)
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 USS Henry T. Allen (APA-15) (1943 - 1945)
 USS Henry T. Allen (AP-30) (1942 - 1943)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Whiskey - Kilo - Mike
 NWKM
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal (1) - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (2) - World War II Victory Medal
Harris Class Transport:
  • Laid down at New York Shipbuilding Corp, Camden, N.J. as an Army Transport under USSB contract
  • Launched in 1920
  • Completed in 1921
  • Placed in commercial service with Pacific Steamship Co. as SS Wenatchee
  • Purchased by Admiral Orient Line in November 1922, renamed SS President Jefferson
  • Laid up at Seattle, WA. in 1938
  • Purchased by the Army in 1938; renamed USAT Henry T Allen
  • Acquired by the Navy, 6 December 1941, and placed in reduced commission for transit to Moore Dry Dock Co., Oakland, CA., for conversion to a Naval Transport
  • Commissioned in full as USS Henry T. Allen (AP-30), 22 April 1942, CAPT. P. A. Stevens in command.
  • During World War II USS Henry T. Allen (AP-30 / APA-15) was assigned to the European Theater and to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater participating in the following campaigns:

    Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign
    Asiatic-Pacific Campaign
    North African occupation
    Algeria-Morocco landings, 8 to 11 November 1942     		Western New Guinea operations
    Toem-Wakde-Sarmi area operation, 17 May 1944
      Hollandia operation
    Tanahmerah Bay 21 to 24 April 1944 and 2 to 9 May 1944

  • Reclassified, Attack Transport (APA-15), 1 February 1943
  • Decommissioned, 5 February 1946, and returned to the Maritime Commission for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay, Benecia, CA.
  • Final Disposition, sold for scrapping in March 1948, to Boston Metals Co., Baltimore MD.
  • USS Henry T. Allen (AP-30 / APA-15) earned three battle stars for World War II service
    Specifications:
    Displacement 13,529 t.(lt) 21,900 t.(fl)
    Length 535'
    Beam 72'
    Draft 31' 3"
    Speed 16 kts.
    Complement
    Officers 52
    Enlisted 673
    Troop Accommodations
    Officers 107
    Enlisted 529
    Largest Boom Capacity 30 t.
    Cargo Capacity 409,400 cu. ft.
    Armament
    one single 5"/51 cal gun mount
    four single 3"/50 cal dual purpose gun mounts
    two quad 1.1" AA gun mounts replaced with two twin 40mm AA gun mounts
    fifteen single 20mm AA gun mounts
    Fuel Capacities
    NSFO 25,600 Bbls
    Diesel 900 Bbls
    Gasoline 35,000 Gals
    Propulsion
    eight Babcock and Wilcox header-type boilers, 265psi 480°
    two Westinghouse geared turbines
    double De Laval Main Reduction Gears
    Ship's Service Generators
    one turbo-drive 300Kw 120V D.C.
    one turbo-drive 200Kw 120V D.C.
    two turbo-drive 100Kw 120V D.C.
    two propellers, 6,000shp .
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    By
    George Clymer 97k
    Namesake

    Henry Tureman Allen (April 13, 1859 - August 30, 1930) is known for exploring the Copper River in Alaska in 1885 along with the Tanana and Koyukuk rivers by transversing 1,500 miles of wilderness. His trek has been compared to that of Lewis and Clark. Born in Sharpsburg, Kentucky, he graduated from West Point in 1882, and was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the cavalry. He served on the staff of General Nelson Miles. He later served as a military attache to Russia (1890-1895) and Germany (1897-1898). Allen also served in the Spanish-American War in the Battle of El Caney and in World War I where he led the 90th Infantry Division.
    Text: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
    Digital ID: npcc 08196 Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division    		 Bill Gonyo
    USS Henry T. Allen (AP-30)
    George Clymer 62k USS Henry T. Allen (AP-30) leaving Norfolk, VA. out bound to sea enroute to "Operation Torch", 1942.
    Photo Marion Johnson.    		 Robert Hurst
    George Clymer 52k USS Henry T. Allen (AP-30) (stern visible) moored pierside at Casablanca forward of USS George Clymer (APA-27) which is inboard of USS Hambleton (DD-455). The destroyer had been torpedoed amidships off Fedala, Morocco, 11 November 1942. The French merchant ship De La Salle 1s at right.
    US National Archives photo # 80-G-21886, a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives.    		 US Naval History and Heritage Command
    USS Henry T. Allen (APA-15)
    Henry T. Allen 103k USS Henry T. Allen (APA-15) with troops climbing down cargo nets into a waiting LCVP, date and location unknown.
    A US Navy photo from "U.S. Amphibious Ships and Craft: An Illustrated Design History" by Norman Friedman.    		 Robert Hurst
    USS Henry T. Allen (AG-90)
    Henry T. Allen 73k USS Henry T. Allen (AG-90) in San Francisco Bay at the end of 1945 or beginning of 1946 after concluding the war as a headquarters ship.
    US Navy photo No. NH 82206 from the collections of the US Naval History and Heritage Command. Courtesy of Donald M. McPherson.    		 Mike Green
    View the USS Henry T Allen (AP-30 / APA-15)
    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval History and Heritage Command
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    USS Henry T. Allen (AP-30/APA-15) Daily Newspaper "Breakfast News"
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