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<h3>Ship Name and Designation History</h3>
This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during 
its lifetime.
The list is in chronological order.
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<ol>Harris Class Transport<br/>
Keel Laid (Date unknown) as U.S. Army Transport<br/>
Launched 1920<br/>
Completed 1921 as WENATCHEE<br/>
Operated by Pacific Steamship Co.<br/> 
Purchased by Admiral Orient Line November 1922<br/>
Renamed PRESIDENT JEFFERSON<br/>
Laid up at Seattle, WA. 1938<br/>
Purchased by U.S. Army 1938<br/><br/>
<li>'''USAT HENRY T. ALLEN'''<br/>
Commissioned (Date unknown)<br/>
Acquired by U.S. Navy December 6 1941<br/><br/>
<li>'''USS HENRY T. ALLEN AP-30'''<br/>
Commissioned April 22 1942<br/><br/>
<li>'''USS HENRY T. ALLEN APA-15'''<br/>
Reclassified Attack Transport (APA) February 1 1943<br/><br/>
<li>'''USS HENRY T. ALLEN AG-90'''<br/>
Redesignated Miscellaneous Auxiliary (AG) November 21 1944<br/> 
Decommissioned February 5 1946<br/>
Laid up in National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay, Benecia, CA.<br/><br/>
Sold March 1948 to Boston Metals Co. Baltimore MD for scrap
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<h3>Naval Covers</h3>
This section lists active links to the pages displaying covers associated with the 
ship. There should be a separate set of pages for each name of the ship (for 
example, Bushnell AG-32 / Sumner AGS-5 are different names for the same 
ship so there should be one set of pages for Bushnell and one set for Sumner). 
Covers should be presented in chronological order (or as best as can be determined).

Since a ship may have many covers, they may be split among many pages so it doesn't 
take forever for the pages to load. Each page link should be accompanied by a date 
range for covers on that page.
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<li>[[USS HENRY T. ALLEN AG-90_Covers_Page_1 |Henry T. Allen Covers Page 1 ]] &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1945-46)</li>
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<h3>Postmarks</h3>
This section lists examples of the postmarks used by the ship. There should be a 
separate set of postmarks for each name and/or commissioning period. Within each set, 
the postmarks should be listed in order of their classification type. If more than one 
postmark has the same classification, then they should be further sorted by date of 
earliest known usage.

A postmark should not be included unless accompanied by a close-up image and/or an 
image of a cover showing that postmark. Date ranges MUST be based ONLY ON COVERS IN 
THE MUSEUM and are expected to change as more covers are added.
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>>> If you have a better example for any of the postmarks, please feel free to replace the
existing example.
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<th align="center" width="120">Thumbnail Link To<br/>Cover Image</th>
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<h4>Post Office Established May 1 1942 - Disestablished December 11 1945</h4>

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Locy Type<br/>3 (A-TBT)  
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1945-10-27
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As AG-90 
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Locy Type<br/>3 (A-TBT) (used after POD)
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1946-01-18
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As AG-90<br/>Post office discontinued December 11 1945
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Locy Type<br/>3z
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1942-07-03
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As AP-30
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Locy Type<br/>9
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1945-07-03
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As AG-90<br/>
Mark from back of cover
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<h3>Other Information</h3>
HENRY T. ALLEN earned three battle stars for World War II service<br/>*
'''North African occupation'''<br/>
Algeria-Morocco landings, November 8-11 1942<br/>*
'''Western New Guinea operations'''<br/>
Toem-Wakde-Sarmi area operation, May 17 1944<br/>*
'''Hollandia operation'''<br/>
Tanahmerah Bay April 21-24 1944 and May 2-9 1944<br/><br/>  
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...<br/>
American Campaign Medal - Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal (1) - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (3) - World War II Victory Medal<br/><br/>
'''NAMESAKE''' - Henry Tureman Allen (April 13 1859 - August 30 1930)<br/>
Allen is known for exploring the Copper River in Alaska in 1885 along with the Tanana and Koyukuk rivers by transversing 1,500 miles of wilderness. His trek has been compared to that of Lewis and Clark. Allen graduated from West Point in 1882, and was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the cavalry. He served on the staff of General Nelson Miles. He later served as a military attache to Russia (1890-1895) and Germany (1897-1898). Allen also served in the Spanish-American War in the Battle of El Caney and in World War I where he led the 90th Infantry Division 

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