Henrico (APA 45) - Naval Cruise Book

Page 9 text:

R 'Q 6 ,5 UZ A Q f ,xii ,ji A fi sz, Z f 1 N fx, f W X 4 X ZS x Q4 Q ,S , 2' 4 , N xx 2 NQ MQW X N ,fx ,, f VM ,, g, ff f X ,, f, ' f f ,, f ,ff ,7 V Z' , ,ff W , f gf Q' W X, ' K' ,X 'if X' ff , 77, Xl, f , Aw ,v X ,X zz f Y X77 12' ,, f of ff' 7 f ,, W ff, ff ff f ef fum W , fly ff fl if 2 'f MU! ,, 1 ff fi J ,mf C f W A I ff 2 ,z f W ff f , ,ay f X Q ,gf fn , 1 f ' ,J , ' 2 gf ' ,ff I ,XV ,X ffl' , ff' V W mf, , , Z ,, V ,Www f ,iff 44 ,Y f,. ,,, ,, ff ff, X , ' X! y, ,X 79 ,fi f 4 I f 7, Q V fafff If- 5 ff ,Z 4' v X Q X, , x, f I9 5, 'f ,V M , V K7 4 , ,f ,Af ,7 , , 7 ,721 1 fin . I 2 ' ,A W 4 ff! X! jf f G' x ff ' W ,Ex !'x I ,W Nm ' M, 40 M V Q Zlff, ,.f i - , '.fi',S y fffihbw - ff :mx-Wk A 7,14 Mfg M A M f- ff 4 1- Q xffi W A 2 -1 mf . va X 4 X f W z Ns ,Q Y Z A , X wk WS' S 4 9 l yxffx ,wwx , .X WSWQ ,Q , N ,Mm-f' wh ww x WZ? f

Page 8 text:

SHIP'S HISTGRY USS HENRICO IAPA-45I THE S.S. SEA DARTAR WAS CONVERTED, IN MID-CONSTRUCTION, IN 1943 TO AN APA WITH FLAGSHIP ACCOMODATIONS AND WAS COMMISSIONED USS HENRICO IAPA-451. IN 1944, SHE PARTICIPATED IN THE NORMANDY INVASION AND THEN WAS SENT TO THE PACIFIC THEATER FOR THE OKINAWAN CAMPAIGN. ON THE EVENING OF 2 APRIL 1945, HENRICO WAS HIT BY A KAMIKAZE BOMBER, KILLING 51 NAVY AND ARMY PERSONNEL, INCLUDING THE SHIPS COMMANDING OFFICER. DURING THE 1945 50 PERIOD, SHE JOINED IN RETURNING SERVICEMEN TO THE U.S., ATOMIC BOMB TESTS AT BIKINI ATOLL, AND NUMEROUS TRAINING OPERATIONS OFF THE WEST COAST AND IN THE WESTERN PACIFIC DURING THE KOREAN CONFLICT 11950-19531 HENRICO SERVED IN THE ASSAULT LANDING AT INCHON, THE TACTICAL WITHDRAWAL AT WONSAN AND MANY OTHER OPERATIONS, INCLUDING THE EXCHANGE OF PRISONERS WITH THE CHINESE COMMUNISTS ON 1 OCTOBER 1954, AMPHIBIOUS SQUADRON ONE WAS ESTABLISHED WITH THE SQUADRON COMMANDER IN HENRICO FROM 19551957 THE HAPPY HANK MADE SEVERAL CRUISES TO THE WESTERN PACIFIC WITH OPERATIONS IN HAWAII THE PHILIPPINES, OKINAWA, FORCES FROM THE TACHEN ISLANDS IN FEBRUARY 1955 AFTER CONTIGENCY OPERATIONS DURING THE INDONESIAN CRISIS IN LATE 1957 HENRICO WAS AN ELEMENT IN A HUGE SEATO OPERATION IN THE PHILIPPINES WITH 80,000 MEN AND 80 SHIPS IN THE FALL OF 1958 SHE TRANSPORTED TROOPS FROM SEATTLE TO CALIFORNIA IN THE FIRST LARGE ARMY AMPHIBIOUS OPERATION SINCE 1945. HENRICO THEN ENTERED A SHIPYARD IN SAN PEDRO CALIFORNIA FOR BIENNIAL OVERHAUL. AFTER SHE FINISHED HER REFRESHER AND AMPHIBIOUS SHAKEDOWN TRAINING, HENRICO SAILED FOR THE WESTERN PACIFIC ON I6 APRIL 1959 AND JAPAN, PLUS PARTICIPATION IN- THE EVACUATION OF CHINESE NATIONALIST

Page 10 text:

GREETINGS AND BEST WISHES TO THE OFFICERS AND MEN OF HENRICO, TO THE MEMBERS OF TACRON TWELVE, TO THE MEMBERS OF AMPHIBIOUS SQUADRON ONE, AND TO THE OTHERS WHO JOINED US AT ONE TIME OR ANOTHER DURING OUR CRUISE OF THE FAR EAST IN 1959. MAY YOU ENJOY MANY HAPPY HOURS AS YOU PERUSE THESE PAGES AND RELIVE THE EVENTFUL AND MEMORABLE EXPERIENCES RECORDED HEREIN. MANY OF US HAVE MADE WESTPAC DEPLOYMENTS BEFORE, AND I AM SURE THAT THOSE WHO HAVE MUST FEEL AS I DO, THAT THIS ONE WAS THE MOST MEMORABLE OF ALL. WE WORKED HARD ON OUR TRAINING PROGRAMS AND OUR AMPHIBIOUS OPERATIONS, AND WE PROVED OUR- SELVES ALERT AND READY FOR ANY CONTINGENCY. WE DID AN EXCEL- LENT JOB IN OUR PEOPLE-TO-PEOPLE EFFORTS, AND WE ENJOYED VISITING AND SIGHTSEEING IN MANY FOREIGN PORTS. I COULD NEVER FIND SHIPMATES MORE LOYAL, CAPABLE, AND TRUE THAN THOSE WITH WHOM I HAVE HAD THE PLEASURE TO SERVE. WHER- EVER FUTURE TAKES YOU, GOD BLESS YOU AND PLEASANT SAILING. 49 ,f , aff CHARLES E. KING, CAPTAIN, U.S. NAVY COMMANDER AMPHIBIOUS SQUADRON ONE 4El