USS Hugh L. Scott

Hawkeye State in the 1920s, which became USS Hugh L. Scott in 1941
History
United States
Name	SS Hawkeye State (1921–25)[1] SS President Pierce (1925–41)[1] USAT Hugh L. Scott (1941–42) USS Hugh L. Scott (1942)[1]
Namesake	Iowa (1921–25) Franklin Pierce (1925–41) Hugh L. Scott (1941–42)
Operator	Matson Line (1921–22)[1] Pacific Mail Steamship Company (1922–25)[1] Dollar Steamship Co (1925–38)[1] American President Lines (1938–41)[1] United States Army (1941–42) United States Navy (1942)[1]
Builder	Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation[2]
Cost	$6,664,521.20[3]
Yard number	4180
Launched	17 April 1920[1]
Completed	1921[2]
Acquired	for the US Army, 31 July 1941
Commissioned	into the US Navy, 7 September 1942
Out of service	12 November 1942[1]
Stricken	7 December 1942
Identification	U.S. official number 220987[2][4] as President Pierce: signal code KDNV[2]
Fate	Sunk 12 November 1942[1]
General characteristics
Type	type:Design 1029 ship known commercially as "535" Type
Tonnage	12,546 GRT[2] 6,663 NRT[2]
Length	517 ft (158 m)[2] p/p 532 ft (162 m) o/a
Beam	72.2 ft (22.0 m)[2]
Draft	30 ft 6 in (9.30 m)
Depth	27.8 ft (8.5 m)[2]
Propulsion	4 steam turbines, twin screws[2]
Speed	18 kn (21 mph; 33 km/h)[1]
Sensors and processing systems	direction finding equipment;[2] gyrocompass[2]

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.