USS Harris

Harris on 2 May 1944
History
United States
Name	Pine Tree State President Grant Harris
Namesake	Colonel John Harris of the United States Marine Corps
Builder	Bethlehem Steel
Launched	19 March 1921[1]
Christened	Pine Tree State
Acquired	Delivered: 3 November 1921 By Navy: 17 July 1940
Commissioned	(As AP-8) 19 August 1940
Decommissioned	16 April 1946
Reclassified	AP-8 to APA-2, 1 February 1943
Stricken	12 April 1946
Identification	U.S. official number: 221633
Honours and awards	Ten battle stars for World War II service
Fate	Sold for scrap, 20 July 1948
General characteristics
Class and type	EFC Design 1029 (Navy) Harris-class attack transport
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 Curtis type turbines, 8 x Yarrow header-type boilers, 2 propellers, designed shaft horsepower 12,000.
Speed	17 knots
Capacity	Troops: 126 Officers, 1,557 Enlisted Cargo: 190,000 cu ft, 2,200 tons
Complement	Officers 37, Enlisted 585
Armament	4 x 3"/50 caliber dual-purpose gun mounts, 2 x twin 40mm gun mounts, 10 x single 20mm gun mounts.

USS Harris (APA-2) was an Emergency Fleet Corporation Design 1029 ship launched for the United States Shipping Board (USSB) on 19 March 1921 by Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, at Sparrows Point, Maryland as Pine Tree State. After operation by commercial lines for the USSB during which the ship was renamed President Grant it was laid up in the late 1930s.

After Navy acquisition in July 1940 the ship was first classified as a transport, hull number AP-8 and then reclassified to Harris-class attack transport, hull number APA-2, that served with the U.S. Navy during World War II. She was the lead ship in her class.