USS Henry T. Allen

Henry T. Allen on 11 February 1944
History
United States
Name	Wenatchee President Jefferson Henry T. Allen
Namesake	Probably Henry Tureman Allen, commander of the US 90th Infantry Division
Builder	New York Shipbuilding[1]
Laid down	15 June 1918[2]
Launched	24 May 1919[2][3]
Christened	Wenatchee[1]
Completed	February 1921
Acquired	(by the Navy) 6 December 1941[1]
Commissioned	(As AP-30) 22 April 1942[1]
Decommissioned	5 February 1946[1]
Renamed	Henry 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]
Fate	Sold for scrap, March 1948[1]
General characteristics
Class and type	EFC Design 1029 ship (Navy) Harris-class attack transport
Displacement	13,529 tons (lt), 21,900 t.(fl)[5]
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.[5]
Speed	16 knots[1]
Capacity	Troops: 107 Officers, 1,417 Enlisted Cargo: 409,400 cu ft, tonnage unknown[citation needed]
Complement	Officers 52, Enlisted 673[5]
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.[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.