USS Hugh L. Scott
Hawkeye State in the 1920s, which became USS Hugh L. Scott in 1941 | |
| History | |
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| United States | |
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| Namesake |
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| Operator |
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| Builder | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation |
| Cost | $6,664,521.20 |
| Yard number | 4180 |
| Launched | 17 April 1920 |
| Completed | 1921 |
| Acquired | for the US Army, 31 July 1941 |
| Commissioned | into the US Navy, 7 September 1942 |
| Out of service | 12 November 1942 |
| Stricken | 7 December 1942 |
| Identification |
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| Fate | Sunk 12 November 1942 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | type:Design 1029 ship known commercially as "535" Type |
| Tonnage | |
| Length | |
| Beam | 72.2 ft (22.0 m) |
| Draft | 30 ft 6 in (9.30 m) |
| Depth | 27.8 ft (8.5 m) |
| Propulsion | 4 steam turbines, twin screws |
| Speed | 18 kn (21 mph; 33 km/h) |
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USS Hugh L. Scott (AP-43) was a Hugh L. Scott-class transport ship. She was built in 1921 and spent 20 years in merchant service as a passenger and cargo liner. In July 1941 the ship was delivered to the United States Department of War for Army service as the United States Army Transport Hugh L. Scott operating in the Pacific. In August 1942 the ship was transferred to the United States Navy for conversion to an attack transport, served as a troopship in Operation Torch in November 1942, and was sunk by a U-boat four days later. 59 crewmen and soldiers died during the sinking.