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Lost to enemy torpedo attack, 12 November 1942, at Fedala Bay, Morocco

USS Hugh L. Scott (AP-43)
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USAT Hugh L. Scott (1941 - 1942)

1942 International Radio Call Sign:
Nan - Able - Roger - Able NARA

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive--12 November 1942)
Bottom Row - American Campaign Medal - Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal (1) - World War II Victory Medal
Personnel Awards

Purple Hearts (8 Officers, 51 Enlisted, 12 November 1942)

Hugh L. Scott Class Transport:

Built in 1921, as SS Hawkeye State, under a United States Shipping Board (USSB) contract, at Bethlehem Shipbuilding Co., Sparrows Point, MD.

Operated as SS President Pierce by Dollar Steamship Co., and the American President Lines

Acquired by the US Army, 31 July 1941, and renamed USAT Hugh L. Scott

Acquired by the US Navy, 14 August 1942

Converted to a Naval Transport at Tietjen and Lang (later Todd Shipbuilding & Drydock Co.), Hoboken, N.J.

Commissioned USS Hugh L. Scott (AP-43), 7 September 1942, CAPT. Harold James Wright in command

During World War II USS Hugh L. Scott was assigned to the Europe-Africa-Middle East Theater and participated in the following campaign;

Campaign and Dates
Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaigns
North African occupation Algerian-Morocco landings, 8 to 11 November 1942

Final Disposition, sunk by a torpedo from U-130, 12 November 1942, at Fedala Bay, Morocco

Struck from the Naval Register, 7 December 1942

USS Hugh L. Scott earned one battle star for World War II service

Specifications:
Displacement 12,579 t.
Length 532'
Beam 72'
Draft 30' 6"
Speed 16 kts.
Complement 119
Troop Accommodations unknown
Armament unknown
Propulsion steam turbine.

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Source
Merchant Service
	101k	SS Hawkeye State photographed by her builder, Bethlehem S.B. Corp., Sparrows Point, Maryland, 18 December 1920, upon completion. US National Archives photo # RG-32-UB, courtesy Shipscribe.com.	Robert Hurst
	222k	USSB Passenger Liners SS President Pierce SS President Taft and Army Dredge USDE Culebra moored to the quay wall at Mare Island Navy Yard, 31 March 1924.	Darryl Baker
	72k	Dollar Steamship Co.'s passenger liner SS President Pierce underway, date and location unknown.	Tommy Trampp
USS Hugh L. Scott (AP-43)
	306k	*Namesake* Hugh Lenox Scott was born at Danville, Ky., 22 September 1853 and graduated from the Military Academy in 1876. He served with the cavalry at various western outposts, chiefly in Oklahoma and the Dakotas, and participated in the Indian campaigns until 1891. In 1897 he was a consultant to the Smithsonian Institution on Indian languages. After serving in various administrative posts in Cuba and the Sulu Archipelago, Philippines, 1898 to 1906, Scott was promoted to Colonel and assumed duty as Superintendent of the Military Academy. Relieved in 1910, Scott made vital contributions as a mediator and a diplomat in Indian disputes. As Brigadier General, he served on the Mexican border 1913 to 1914 and helped resolve border difficulties with Mexico. Becoming Chief of Staff of the Army in November 1914, he laid the groundwork for American participation in World War I. General Scott was a member of the Commission to Russia in 1917 and served on the Western Front with British and French divisions. Retiring from the Army in 1919, Major General Scott died 30 April 1934 at Princeton, N.J. Portrait: Hugh Lenox Scott By Robert Oliver Skemp Center of Military History United States Army	Bill Gonyo
US National Archives, RG-19-LCM, Photo # 19-N-34581	97k	*USS Hugh L. Scott* (AP-43) near New York Navy Yard, 14 September 1942. In this ship the two after 3"/50 guns were mounted high above the 4"/50 gun on the stern, while in her sister, USS Tasker H. Bliss (AP-42)*, all three guns were mounted on the same level. Note the full load of landing craft carried in the Welin davits amidships and on deck forward. US National Archives, RG-19-LCM, Photo # 19-N-34581* and US National Archives, RG-19-LCM, Photo No. 19-N-34583, US Navy Bureau of Ships photos now in the collections of the US National Archives, courtesy Shipscribe.com.	Mike Green
US National Archives, RG-19-LCM, Photo # 19-N-34581	106k		Mike Green
	180k	*USS Hugh L. Scott* (AP-43)** underway. date and location unknown. US Navy photo from the collections of the US Navy Memorial	Stan Svec
092204206	1648k	Torpedoes from *U-130* striking *USS Tasker H. Bliss* (AP-42) and another transport, either USS Edward Rutledge (AP-52)** or b>USS Hugh L. Scott (AP-43) at 1758 hours 12 November 1942. Thirty four men were lost aboard *Bliss. U-130* escaped undetected close inshore. USNational Archives and Records Administration Identifier NAID: 221951375, Local ID: 80-G-71714	US National Archives
	87k	*USS Hugh L. Scott* (AP-43)** sinking at Fedala Bay, Morocco, 12 November 1942. US Navy photo # BUAIR NWYK 10,039, 12 November 1942. Photo taken from New York (BB-34)	Tom Edrington
	698k	Diagram of *USS Hugh L. Scott* (AP-43)** showing probable flooding from torpedo damage sustained on 12 November 1942. Navy Department Library; War Damage Report No. 32, Transports torpedoed off Fedala, 11-15 November 1942.	Mike Green