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USS Henderson (AP-1)
US Navy transport ship in service 1917-1946 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For other ships with the same name, see USS Henderson.
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).
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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 |
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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] |
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Complement | (AP): 233 |
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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.
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