USS Henry T. Allen

Henry T. Allen on 11 February 1944
History
United States
Name
  • Wenatchee
  • President Jefferson
  • Henry T. Allen
NamesakeProbably Henry Tureman Allen, commander of the US 90th Infantry Division
BuilderNew York Shipbuilding[1]
Laid down15 June 1918[2]
Launched24 May 1919[2][3]
ChristenedWenatchee[1]
CompletedFebruary 1921
Acquired(by the Navy) 6 December 1941[1]
Commissioned(As AP-30) 22 April 1942[1]
Decommissioned5 February 1946[1]
RenamedHenry T. Allen (1940)[1]
Reclassified
  • AP-30 to APA-15, 1 February 1943[1]
  • to AG-90 January 1945[4]
Honours and
awards
Four battle stars for World War II service[1]
FateSold for scrap, March 1948[1]
General characteristics
Class and type
Displacement13,529 tons (lt), 21,900 t.(fl)[5]
Length535 ft 2 in
Beam72 ft 4 in
Draft31 ft 3 in
Propulsion2 x Westinghouse geared turbine drive, 8 x Babcock & Wilcox header-type boilers, 2 propellers, designed shaft horsepower 12,000.[5]
Speed16 knots[1]
Capacity
  • Troops: 107 Officers, 1,417 Enlisted
  • Cargo: 409,400 cu ft, tonnage unknown[citation needed]
ComplementOfficers 52, Enlisted 673[5]
Armament4 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.[5]

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.