Henrico (APA 45) - Naval Cruise Book

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l. gl 5 I ii 1 .i i I Ia I ll 4 1 i 1 33 '1 li is ,a r J I E V I Z 3 I May and June 1956 were spent in local Opera- tions off San Diego with a cruise to San Fran- cisco for the Naval Reserve in late June and early July. On 23 August the- ship entered a commercial shipyard in the Long Beach area for a major overhaul and conversion which was completed on 18 December. On 28 September CAPTAIN G. T. FERGU- SON, USN, relieved CAPTAIN COLEMAN as Commanding Officer. From January to August 1957 the ship en- gaged in refresher and amphibious refresher training, local operations and Exercises QUICK- STEP and WORKHORSE. HENRICO again deployed to the Western Pacific in August 1957 arriving in Yokosuka, Japan, in September. During October the ship participated in Operation MARLIFT, the move- ment of the THIRD Marine- Division fro-m Japan to Okinawa. On 16 November 1957, CAPTAIN G. C. CHRISTIE, USN, relieved CAPTAIN FERGU- SON as Commanding Officer. In December the ship participated in Exercise PHIBLINK, a combined U. S., Philippine am- phibious operation conducted in the Philippine Islands. Continuing to operate in the Philippine Island area, HENRICO ended the deployment with participation in Exercise STRONGBACK and returned to San Diego in March 1958. Local operations and Exercise ROCKY SHOALS with troops of the lst Battle Group, 12th Infantry Division, U. S. Army, embarked and conducted during the period 20 October to 21 November occupied HENRICO for the re- mainder of 1958 and until April 1959. On 7 December 1958 CAPTAIN W. H. SHEA, USN, relieved CAPTAIN CHRISTIE as Com- manding Officer.

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