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S.S. Hawkeye State

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 J. 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;
Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaigns Campaign and Dates
North African occupation
Algerian-Morocco landings, 8 to 12 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 received one battle star for World War II service
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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.

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