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CHARACTERISTICS Type Hull ....... --------- C 3 Length --------- ......... 4 92 Feet Beam --'-.-'---.---..--,..-4. ...... 7 41!2 Feet Maximum Draft ............................ --------- 2 SV2 Feet Potable Fresh Water Capacity ......... --------- 9 8,300 G9-H0115 Fuel Capacity ................................ --------- 3 50,000 Ga110nS Daily Distillation Capacity ........ --..-------- 4 0,000 G31101'1S Boats: LCVP .................... ...... 1 2 LCM- C Mk 6 D ........ ...... 4 LCPL- C Mk IV D ........ ...... 3 Troop Capacity: Officers ........ ...... 6 7 Enlisted .......... ,,,,.. 1 ,426 Cargo Capacity: Deadweight Tonnage ....... .,,,,. 4 ,575.4 Tons Bale Cubic Capacity .................., ,,,,,, 1 56,012 Cu. Ft. Number of Overhauls Completed During 0 Commissioned Service ,...,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, .,,.,,, 1 2 C 26 Monthsb Number of Deployments Completed During Commissioned Service ........,.,.,..,,,,,,,,, ,,..,,, 2 0 C1 1 Yearsj Major Wartime Operations ........., ,,,,,,. N ormandy Southern France Okinawa Inchon Viet Nam Number of Major Peacetime Operations! Exercises ,,,,,, ,,,,,, -44
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THE BEGINNING he USS HENRICO CAPA-453 is named for Henrico County, Virginia and was formerly the SS SEA DARTER. Built by the Ingalls Shipbuild- ing Corporation of Pascagoula, Mississippi, in 1942! 1943, the Sea Darter was converted to an attack transport with accommodations for a divisio-n staff by the Bethlehem Steel Company of Hoboken, New Jersey and Was commissioned the USS HENRICO on 26 November 1943, COMMANDER JOHN H. WILLIS, USN Com- manding. On 3 December 1943 the ship reported to the Commander in Chief, U.S. Atlantic Fleet for duty With Transport Division ELEVEN. On 27 January 1944 HENRICO joined Task Unit 20.2.1 and on 11 February proceeded to the United Kingdom with elements of the Head- quarters Division Command, Sixth Armored Division, 128th Armored Field Artillery Bat- talion, and the 50th Armored Infantry Battalion embarked. In England she participated ir1 rehearsal landings preparatory to the invasion of Europe. On 28 May 1944 during a heavy air attack in Portland, England the HENRICO fired her guns in anger for the first time. D-DAY, 6 June 1944 found the- HENRICO a part of the assault force which landed troops over the EASY RED section of OMAHA Beach, Normandy. Following the landings at Normandy the ship proceeded to the Mediterrane-an and participated in the- landing at Baie De Pompe- lonne, Southern France in August. September and October were spent shuttling troops and cargo from England to Southern France and Italy. In October 1944 the ship returned to the United States and entered the Boston Naval Shipyard for repairs. Upon completion of re- pairs, in December 1944 HENRICO proceeded to Leyte- in the Philippine Islands via the Panama Canal and San Diego. At Leyte the ship made preparations for the invasion of Okinawa. On 18 March 1945 CAPTAIN WILLIS Was relieved by CAPTAIN W. C. FRANCE, USN as Command- ing Officer.
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