USS Henry T. Allen
Henry T. Allen on 11 February 1944 | |
| History | |
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| United States | |
| Name |
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| Namesake | Probably Henry Tureman Allen, commander of the US 90th Infantry Division |
| Builder | New York Shipbuilding |
| Laid down | 15 June 1918 |
| Launched | 24 May 1919 |
| Christened | Wenatchee |
| Completed | February 1921 |
| Acquired | (by the Navy) 6 December 1941 |
| Commissioned | (As AP-30) 22 April 1942 |
| Decommissioned | 5 February 1946 |
| Renamed | Henry T. Allen (1940) |
| Reclassified |
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| Honours & awards | Four battle stars for World War II service |
| Fate | Sold for scrap, March 1948 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type |
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| Displacement | 13,529 tons (lt), 21,900 t.(fl) |
| Length | 535 ft 2 in |
| Beam | 72 ft 4 in |
| Draft | 31 ft 3 in |
| Propulsion | 2 x Westinghouse geared turbine drive, 8 x Babcock & Wilcox header-type boilers, 2 propellers, designed shaft horsepower 12,000. |
| Speed | 16 knots |
| Capacity |
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| Complement | Officers 52, Enlisted 673 |
| Armament | 4 x 3"/50 caliber dual-purpose gun mounts, 2 x twin 40mm gun mounts, 2 x quad 1.1"/75 caliber gun mounts, 15 x single 20mm gun mounts. |
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USS Henry T. Allen was a Harris class attack transport in service with the United States Army from 1940 to 1941. She was then transferred to the United States Navy where she served until 1946. She was scrapped in 1948. The ship was originally built as an Emergency Fleet Corporation Design 1029 ship in 1919 and operated in commercial service as Wenatchee and President Jefferson until being laid up in 1938.