USS Henry County (IX-34)

USS Henry County (IX-34), an unclassified miscellaneous vessel, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for Henry County, which exists in Alabama, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Ohio, Tennessee, and Virginia.

Her keel was laid down by the American Ship Building Company, in Cleveland, Ohio. She was commissioned at Portsmouth, Virginia, on 27 May 1930 with Commander Benjamin Vaughan McCandlish in command.

Henry County sailed for the West Coast on 12 July, transiting the Panama Canal on 23 July and arriving in San Diego, California, via Corinto, Nicaragua, on 13 August. She decommissioned at Mare Island, California, on 22 August 1930 and was loaned to the State of California that same day. She was renamed California State on 23 January 1931 and was finally transferred to the Maritime Commission on 30 June 1940.