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AP-30 / APA-15 Henry T Allen

Flag Hoist/International Radio Call Sign:
November - Whiskey - Kilo - Mike

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 (3) - 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 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, 7 to 17 November 1942	Consolidation of Solomon Islands Consolidation of southern Solomons, February and March 1943
.	Hollandia operation Tanahmerah Bay 22 to 24 April 1943
.	Western New Guinea operations Toem-Wakde-Sarmi area operation, 16 to 17 March 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.

Henry T. Allen (AP-30 / APA-15) earned four battle stars for World War II service

Specifications:
Displacement 13,529 t.(lt) 21,900 t.(fl)
Length 535' 2"
Beam 72' 4"
Draft 31' 3"
Speed 16.7 kts.
Complement 52 Officers 673 Enlisted
Troop Accommodations107 Officers 1,417 Enlisted
Cargo Capacity 409,400 cu. ft.
Armament

four single 3"/50 dual purpose gun mounts

two twin 40mm AA gun mounts

two quad 1.1" AA gun mounts

fifteen single 20mm AA gun mounts
Propulsion 8 Babcock and Wilcox header-type boilers, 2 Westinghouse geared turbines, 2 propellers, Design shaft horsepower 12,000 .

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Contributed By
	52k	Henry T. Allen (AP-30) (stern visible) moored pierside at Casablanca forward of George Clymer (APA-27) which is inboard of 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 Historical Center

View the Henry T Allen (AP-30 / APA-15)
DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center

View the Henry T. Allen (AP-30/APA-15) Daily Newspaper "Breakfast News"
Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
Fleet Reserve Association

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