Henrico (APA 45) - Naval Cruise Book

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A t- f.Q..--fftwp , . , , ,vm-,,,,i,v,,,i-. . I 1.y's.,sa El wmv.-3,ii.gQqglizi+u-1vi f K I f5QllfZtMiRlfQalliil5kiX5f3'iM'lWWW-M'.f. a H ' '-Q2-if-Yiflwiirurvfuggmsgiextgiw1 ' I CAPTAIN H. D. WOOLESON, USN relieved CAPTAIN TIBBITS on 26 March 1949. From June to August 1949 HENRICO was at the Long Beach Naval Shipyard for overhaul. Upon completion of the overhaul she sailed for Olympia, Washington, to load units of the 2nd Infantry Division, U. S. Army, for Operation MIKI. Following Operation MIKI the ship re- turned to San Diego in November 1949 for local operations. In January 1950 the ship sailed for the East Coast via the Panama Canal to embark troops of the 3rd Infantry Division, U. S. Army, and thence to the Caribbean to participate in Opera- tion PORTEX, a joint amphibious landing exer- cise at Vieques Island, Puerto Rico. Upon com- pletion of PORTEX in April she returned to her homeport of San Diego. I On 1 June 1950, CAPTAIN J. E. FRAUD, USN relieved CAPTAIN WOOLESON as Command- ing Officer. At the initiation of the War in Korea HEN- RICO again loaded troops for combat operations and on 12 July 1950 with units of the 5th Ma- rines embarked, sailed for Pusan, Korea, arriv- ing 2 August 1950. On 15 September 1950 the HENRICO par- ticipated in the historic landing at lnchon, Korea, landing the 5th Marines in an amphibi- ous assault. On 24 September she returned with reinforcements for the lnchon invasion, the 17th Regiment, Capital Division, Republic of Korea Army. Continuing to operate in Korean Waters the ship landed units of the 7th Marines at Wonsan, North Korea, on 25 October. Return- ing to Japan, she embarked elements of the U. S. Army 3rd Infantry Division and also landed them at Wonsan on 19 November as reinforce- ments for that operation.

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I - The setbacks to the United Nations Forces in late November and early December of 1950 due to- Chinese intervention in the Korean War brought HENRICO again into action in the Withdrawal of the 3rd Infantry Division from Wonsan on 10 December and later in mid- December in the Withdrawal and redeployment of the Republic of Korea 1st Army Corps from Hungnam, North Korea, to Boku-Ko, South Korea. The final withdrawal of United Nations forces from Hungnam took place on 24 Decem- ber with HENRICO again in the van. HENRICO continued to operate in Korean Waters until late February, 1951, when she returned to San Diego on 22 March. In April the ship entered the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard at Bremerton, Washington, for a deserved overhaul and returned to San Diego on 25 June 1951, Where the remainder of the summer was spent participating in various local amphibious exercises. On 29 July 1951 CAPTAIN H. W. TAYLOR, USN relieved CAPTAIN FRADD as Command- ing Officer. The ship sailed for Korea on 16 October with the 14th Marine Replacement Draft, landing them and their equipment on 4 November at Sok Cho R1 Korea fifteen miles behind the United Nations lines The month of December, 1951, saw the ship participating in the rotation of the 45th Infan- try Division, U. S. Army, from Japan to Inchon and the 1st Cavalry Division, U. S. Army, from Inchon to Japan. Commencing on 6 January 1952, HENRICO assisted in moving the 21st Infantry Division, U. S. Army, from Yokohama, J apan, to Inchon. In February of 1952 HENRICO made a iif- teen day visit to Hong Kong Where she repre- sented the United States in the ceremonies marking the death of KING GEORGE VI of England.