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Last Address Born in Clermont, KY south of Louisville near Jim Beam Distillery.
USS Harris (APA-2) ex USS Harris (AP-8)(1940 - 1943)
Harris Class Transport:
Built as SS Pine State in 1921 at Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp, Sparrows Point, MD.
Purchased by Admiral Orient Lines, renamed SS President Grant in 1922
Acquired by the US Navy from the Maritime Commission, 17 July 1940
Converted to a Naval Transport at Todd Shipyard, Seattle, WA.
Commissioned USS Harris (AP-8), 19 August 1940, LCDR. A. M. Van Eaton in command
During World War II USS Harris (AP-8) was first assigned to the European Theater and later to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater participating in the following campaigns:
Namesake:
Colonel. John Harris USMC John Harris was born in Pennsylvania, 20 May 1790, and was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Marine Corps, 23 April 1814. He fought with a mounted detachment of Marines in the Florida Indian Wars 1836 to 37 and as part of the occupying force in Mexico near the close of the war. Harris was promoted to the office of Colonel Commandant of the Corps, 7 January 1859, on the eve of the Civil War. Colonel Harris died while serving as Commandant 12 May 1864.
General Characteristics:
Decommissioned, 16 April 1946
Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
USS Harris earned ten battle stars for World War II service
Transferred to the Maritime Commission, 28 June 1946, at Davisville, R.I.
Laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River Group, Lee Hall, VA., 3 July 1946
Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 30 December 1947, to American Shipbreakers Inc. (PD-X-401 dated 10 July 1947), withdrawn 29 July 1948Specifications: Displacement 13,529 t.(lt) 21,900 t.(fl) Length 535' 2" Beam 72' 6" Draft 31' 3" Speed 17.2 kts. Complement Officers 37 Enlisted 585 Troop Accommodations Officers 126 Enlisted 1,557 Flag Accommodations Officers 43 Enlisted 108 Cargo Capacity 2,200 DWT non-refrigerated 190,000 Cu. ft. Armament four single 3"/50 cal gun mounts one twin 40mm AA gun mount one quad 40mm AA gun mount 10 single 20mm AA gun mounts Fuel Capacities NSFO 29,675 Bbls Diesel 375 Bbls Propulsion two Bethlehem Curtis-type turbines eight Yarrow header-type boilers, 265psi Sat° single Falk Main Reduction Gears three turbo-drive 200Kw 120V D.C. Ship's Service Generators twin propellers, 12,000shp
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