J.J. Henry Co., Inc
administrative history
(1) J.J. Henry Co., was a New York City naval architecture and marine engineering firm. The firm designed the naval icebreaker Glacier, and helped develop a fleet of ships to take liquefied gas from Algeria to London and from the Persian Gulf to Tokyo.
(2) James J. Henry, 73, Designer Of Containerized Cargo Ships
Published: November 4, 1986
James J. Henry, a naval architect who was among the first to design containerized cargo ships, died of a heart attack Sunday at the Riverview Medical Center in Red Bank, N.J. He was 73 years old and lived in Fair Haven, N.J.
Mr. Henry was president of the naval architectural concern of the J. J. Henry Company in Manhattan, which he established in 1946.
After his graduation in 1935 from the Webb Institute of Naval Architecture in Glen Cove, L.I., he worked at the Federal Bureau of Maritime Inspection and Navigation.
He transferred to the Maritime Commission and, during World War II, supervised the design and construction of Navy attack transports in Long Beach, Calif.
After the war he designed the first ships that were especially equipped to carry shipments of liquefied natural gas. He also designed ships that were to carry cargo-laden barges.
Mr. Henry received three awards from the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, the Admiral Land Medal, the David W. Taylor Medal and the Elmer A. Sperry Award. He was a former president of the society and, at his death, was chairman emeritus of the board of trustees of the Webb Institute.
He was born in Ancon, Canal Zone, where his father was an engineer.
Surviving are his wife, the former Margaret Raney; a daughter, Dorothy Bessette of Erie, Pa.; three sons, Michael, of Voorhees, N.J., Thomas, of Red Bank, and James, of Manalapan, N.J., and two brothers, William, of Kenilworth, N.J., and John, of Long Beach, Calif.