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Photo # NH 98728:  USS Hendry in San Francisco Bay in late 1945 or early 1946

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USS Hendry (APA-118), 1944-1973

USS Hendry, one of 117 attack transports of the 6,873-ton Haskell-class, was built to a modified Victory ship design at Portland, Oregon, and was commissioned in September 1944. After shakedown training, she arrived at Pearl Harbor in October for additional training. Leaving Pearl Harbor in January, she joined the Iwo Jima invasion fleet at Saipan in February and then took part in the initial assault on Iwo Jima. After spending six days off the beachhead unloading troops and supplies, Hendry returned to Saipan and began preparing for the Okinawa invasion. At Okinawa she participated in the inital landings and remained offshore for the next ten days supporting the operation. Returning to Saipan, she sailed via Guam to San Pedro, California, where she arrived in early August.

After the Japanese surrender, Hendry sailed from the West Coast , embarked occupation troops in the Philippines, and delivered them to Japan in October. She then carried out a "Magic Carpet" voyage, returning troops from the Philippines to San Francisco in November. After a voyage to Pearl Harbor and back, Hendry departed San Diego for the East Coast in January 1946. She was decommissioned at Norfolk in February, and in March she was delivered to the Maritime Commission, placed in its reserve fleet, and stricken from the Navy List. She was sold for scrapping in 1973.

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Photo #: NH 98728

USS Hendry
(APA-118)

In San Francisco Bay, California, probably in late 1945.
She is returning troops from the Western Pacific to the United States as part of Operation "Magic Carpet."

Donation of Boatswain's Mate First Class Robert G. Tippins, USN (Retired), 2003.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

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