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USAHS Ernest Hinds
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USAT Ernest Hinds (1942)
USS Kent (AP-28) (1941 - 1942)
USS Santa Teresa (ID #3804) (1918 - 1919)


International Radio Call Signs

USS Santa Teresa (ID # 3804)
1918 International Radio Call Sign
Nan - Easy - Love - Quack
 NELQ
USS Kent (AP-28)
1941 International Radio Call Sign
Nan - William - George - Xray
 NWGX
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Defense Service Medal (with Fleet clasp) - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
Steel-hulled screw steamer:
  • Laid down, date unknown, as SS Santa Teresa, for Grace Lines of New York, at William Cramp & Sons Ship & Engine Building Co., Philadelphia, PA.
  • Requisitioned by the United State Shipping Board (USSB) in August 1917
  • Launched in 4 July 1918
  • Commissioned USS Santa Teresa (ID-3804), 18 November 1918, CDR. Benjamin G. Barthalow in command
  • Decommissioned, 10 July 1919, at Philadelphia, PA. and returned to the USSB for re-delivery to her owner
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 7 October 1919
  • Placed in commercial service in 1921 as SS Santa Teresa by Grace Lines, Inc.
  • Acquired by Panama Mail SS Co. Inc. in 1931, name retained
  • Acquired by Merchants & Miners Transportation Co. Baltimore MD, in 1936, renamed SS Kent
  • Acquired by the US Army Transportation Service, 14 April 1941, at Boston, MA.
  • Placed in commission as USAT Ernest Hinds
  • Transferred to the Navy, 21 July 1941
  • Commissioned USS Kent (AP-28), 22 July 1941, LCDR. Percy S. Hogarth USN, in command
  • Decommissioned, 24 March 1942, at New York, N.Y.
  • Returned to the US Army Transportation Service, and renamed USAT Ernest Hinds
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 8 May 1943
  • Converted to a Hospital Ship at San Francisco, for the US Army Transportation Service
  • Placed in commission as USAHS Ernest Hinds
  • Reconverted to a Transport in September 1945
  • Returned to the War Shipping Administration (WSA) for transfer to the US Public Health Service, in April 1946
  • Returned to the Maritime Commission and laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Brunswick, GA., 14 April 1947
  • Turned over to Moran Tug and Transportation Co. for tow to the James River Reserve Fleet, 6 April 1948
  • Delivered to the National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River, Lee Hall, VA., 14 April 1948
  • Final Disposition sold for scrapping, 20 May 1957, to Bethlehem Steel Corp. and scrapped at Patapsco, Norfolk, VA.
    Specifications:
    Displacement 5,341 t. (lt.) 8,890 t.(fl)
    Length 373' 9"
    Beam 51' 9"
    Draft 24' 5"
    Speed 12 kts.
    Complement 254
    Troop Accommodations 751
    Hospital Ship - Patient Accommodations 286
    Transport Armament
    World War I - Santa Teresa
    one single 5"/51 gun mount
     one single 4"'50 gun mount
     two 1-pdrs
     two machine guns
     World War II - Kent
     four single 3"/50 gun mounts
     eight .50 cal machine guns
    Propulsion
    single ended boilers (number unknown)
    one 3,000hp vertical quadruple expansion steam engine
    single shaft
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    USS Santa Teresa (ID- 3804)
    Kent
    092201815    		 393k
    Namesake
    Santa Teresa - Teresa of Ávila, born Teresa Sánchez de Cepeda y Ahumada, also called Saint Teresa of Jesus (28 March 1515 – 4 or 15 October 1582), was a Spanish noblewoman who felt called to monastic life in the Catholic Church. A Carmelite nun, prominent Spanish mystic, religious reformer, author, theologian of the contemplative life and mental prayer, she earned the rare distinction of being declared a Doctor of the Church over four centuries after her death.    		 Tommy Trampp
    Kent 115k USS Santa Teresa (ID-3804) fitting out at the Cramp shipyard, Philadelphia, PA., on 18 November 1918, the day she was commissioned. The small ferry steamer Tinicum is at right. A destroyer in visible behind Santa Teresa.
    US Navy photo # NH 65089-A The original print is in the National Archives' Record Group 19-LCM.    		 US Naval History and Heritage Command
    Kent 97k USS Santa Teresa (ID-3804) at anchor in a U.S East Coast port in 1919. The original photograph is printed on postal card ("AZO") stock.
    US Navy photo # NH 102943 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center. Donation of Dr Mark Kulikowski, 2005.    		 Robert Hurst
    Kent 87k USS Santa Teresa (ID-3804) at anchor in 1919. She appears to be in the process of repainting. The original photograph is printed on postal card ("AZO") stock.
    US Navy photo # NH 103080 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center. Donation of Dr Mark Kulikowski, 2005.    		 Robert Hurst
    Kent 72k USS Santa Teresa (ID-3804) in port in 1919. Photographed by the Louvre Photo Studios, Seymour Building, 503 Fifth Avenue, New York City.
    US Navy photo # NH 103081 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center. Donation of Dr Mark Kulikowski, 2005.    		 Robert Hurst
    Kent 97k USS Santa Teresa (ID-3804) underway, probably in New York Harbor, while bringing troops home from Europe in 1919. Photographed by J.W. Allison, New York
    US Navy photo # NH 105864 from the collections of the US Naval History and Heritage Command. Donation of Dr Mark Kulikowski, 2008.    		 Robert Hurst
    Kent 222k USS Santa Teresa (ID-3804) arriving at New York, 4 September 1919, bringing home troops of the 18th Infantry Regiment, 1st Division. Panoramic photograph, taken by Head-Mayberry, 488 7th Avenue, New York.
    US Navy photo # NH 105865 from the collections of the US Naval History and Heritage Command. Donation of Dr Mark Kulikowski, 2008.    		 Robert Hurst
    Merchant Service
    Kent
    092202806    		 115k Grace Lines passenger ship SS Santa Teresa under way in the Panama Canal passing through Gaillard Cut, circa 1919 - 1931. Tommy Trampp
    Kent
    092202816    		 205k Post card image of Grace Line SS Santa Teresa Veranda Cafe, circa 1919 -1931. Tommy Trampp
    USS Kent (AP-28)
    Kent 60k USS Kent (AP-28) underway, circa 1941-1942.
    US Navy photo # NH 90568 Courtesy of William H. Davis, 1980.    		 US Naval Historical Center
    USAT Ernest Hinds
    Ernest Hinds 118k
    Namesake
    Ernest Hinds (18 Aug 1864 - 17 Jun 1941), Major General in the US Army, was Chief of Artillery, 1st Army Corps, commanding General, Army Artillery of the 1st American Army, and as Chief of Artillery, American Expeditionary Forces, General Hinds perfected and successfully directed the organization and training of the Artillery of the American Army in France.    		 Tommy Trampp
    Kent
    092202817     		251k USAT Ernest Hinds moored pierside, date and location unknown. Nichols Tiberio
    Kent 77k USAT Ernest Hinds at anchor, date and location unknown.
    US Navy photo from "Hospital Ships of World War II: An Illustrated Reference" by Emory A. Massman.    		 Robert Hurst
    Kent 67k USAT Ernest Hinds in port, date and location unknown
    US Navy photo # NH 85262 Copied from the book "Troopships of World War II", by Roland W. Charles.    		 US Naval Historical Center
    Kent 79k The Soviet merchant freighter SS Neva docked at San Francisco, CA., during World War II. She appears to be under repair, as her rudder is unshipped. The US Army Transport USAT Ernest Hinds is in the background. Neva was not reported in service after 1955 and was dropped from merchant ship registers.
    US Naval History and Heritage Command photo #: NH 89960    		 Robert Hurst
    USAHS Ernest Hinds
    Kent 79k USAHS Ernest Hinds under way, circa 1944-45, location unknown
    US Navy photo # NH 98695 Copied from the book "Troopships of World War II", by Roland W. Charles.    		 US Naval Historical Center
    USS Santa Teresa (ID-3804)
    Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)

    USS Kent (AP-28)
    Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)
    USS Kent (AP-28) Commanding Officers
    01CDR. Barthalow, Benjamin Grady, USN (USNA 1900)18 November 1918 - 10 July 1919ID-3804
    0`LCDR. Hogarth, Percy Shawbaker, USN22 July 1941 - August 1941AP-28
    02CDR. Kidder, Edmund James, USN (USNA 1918)August 1941 - 24 March 1942AP-28
    Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
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