USS Henderson (AP-1)

USS Henderson (AP-1) at Coco Solo, Panama Canal Zone, 6 January 1933
History
United States
Name	USS Henderson (AP-1)
Namesake	Colonel Archibald Henderson, U.S. Marine Corps
Builder	Philadelphia Navy Yard
Laid down	19 June 1915
Launched	17 June 1916
Sponsored by	Miss Genevieve W. Taylor, great-granddaughter of General Henderson
Commissioned	24 May 1917
Decommissioned	13 October 1943
Recommissioned	23 March 1944, as Bountiful (AH-9)
Decommissioned	13 September 1946
Renamed	USS Bountiful (AH-9), 1944
Reclassified	AP-1 to AH-9, 23 March 1944
Honors and awards	4 battle stars for World War II service
Fate	Sold for scrap, 28 January 1948
General characteristics
Displacement	7,730 long tons (7,854 t) light 12,400 long tons (12,599 t) full
Length	483 ft 10 in (147.47 m)
Beam	61 ft 1 in (18.62 m)
Draft	16 ft 2 in (4.93 m)
Propulsion	Twin-triple expansion steam engine 4,400 hp (3,281 kW)[1]
Speed	12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)[1]
Capacity	(AP): 1,695 troops (AH): 477 patients
Complement	(AP): 233
Armament	(AP) 8 × 5 in (130 mm) guns 2 × 3"/50 caliber guns 2 × 1-pounder guns

The first USS Henderson (AP-1) was a transport in the United States Navy during World War I and World War II. In 1943, she was converted to a hospital ship and commissioned as USS Bountiful (AH-9).

Named for Marine Colonel Archibald Henderson, she was launched by Philadelphia Navy Yard on 17 June 1916; sponsored by Miss Genevieve W. Taylor, great-granddaughter of General Henderson; and commissioned at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on 24 May 1917.