USS Henrico (APA-45)
USS Henrico (APA-45), Vietnam era (1960s). |
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| Career | |
|---|---|
| Name: | USS Henrico (APA-45) |
| Namesake: | Henrico County, Virginia |
| Builder: | Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, Mississippi |
| Laid down: | Unknown |
| Launched: | 31 March 1943 |
| Sponsored by: | Mrs. W. D. Pelan |
| Christened: | SS Sea Darter |
| Acquired: | 23 June 1943 |
| Commissioned: | 26 November 1943 |
| Decommissioned: | 14 February 1968 |
| Reclassified: | AP-90 to APA-45, 1 February 1943 APA-45 to LPA-45, 1 January 1969 |
| Struck: | 1 June 1973 |
| Honors and awards: |
3 battle stars (World War II) 9 battle stars & Navy Unit Commendation (Korea) 1 campaign star (Vietnam) |
| Fate: | Sold by MARAD, 1 October 1979, fate unknown. |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Bayfield-class attack transport |
| Displacement: | 8,100 long tons (8,230 t) light 16,100 long tons (16,358 t) full |
| Length: | 492 ft (150 m) |
| Beam: | 69 ft 6 in (21.18 m) |
| Draft: | 26 ft 6 in (8.08 m) |
| Propulsion: | General Electric geared turbine 2 × Foster Wheeler D-type boilers 8,500 shp (6,338 kW) single propeller |
| Speed: | 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph) |
| Boats & landing craft carried: |
12 × LCVP 4 × LCM (Mk.6) 3 × LCPL (Mk.IV) |
| Capacity: | 4,500 tons (180,500 cu. ft). |
| Troops: | 80 officers, 1,146 enlisted |
| Complement: | Normal crew: 51 officers, 524 enlisted Flag staff: 43 officers, 108 enlisted |
| Armament: | • 2 × single 5"/38 caliber guns (fore and aft) • 2 × twin 40 mm AA guns • 2 × single 40 mm AA guns • 18 × single 20 mm AA guns |
USS Henrico (APA-45) was a Bayfield-class attack transport that served with the United States Navy in World War II, and subsequently in the Korean and Vietnam Wars.
The ship was laid down as SS Sea Darter, a Type C3-S-A2 hull, under a Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 393) by Ingalls Shipbuilding Co., Pascagoula, Mississippi. Assigned to the Navy as Naval Transport (AP-90), she was reclassified as Attack Transport (APA-45) on 1 February 1943.
The ship was launched on 31 March 1943, sponsored by Mrs. W. D. Pelan, acquired by the Navy on 23 June 1943, and commissioned next day for transfer to Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Hoboken, New Jersey. Decommissioned on 8 July 1943, Henrico then fitted out, and recommissioned on 26 November 1943, Commander J. H. Willis in command.
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