USS Howick Hall

Howick Hall in New York Harbor 1910–1915, in the colours of her first owners, CG Dunn & Co
History
Name	1910: Howick Hall 1929: Dovenden 1935: Ircania 1941: Raceland
Namesake	1910: Howick Hall
Owner	1910: CG Dunn & Co 1915: US Steel Products Co. 1929: Exeter Shipping Co 1932: McAllum SS Co 1932: Lambert Brothers 1935: Halford Constant 1935: Ditta Luigi Pittaluga Vap 1937: SA Coop di Nav 'Garibaldi' 1941: US Maritime Commission
Operator	1915: Isthmian SS Co 1918: United States Army 1918: United States Navy
Port of registry	1910: Liverpool 1915: New York 1929: London 1935: Genoa 1941: Panama
Builder	Wm Hamilton & Co, Port Glasgow
Yard number	212
Launched	1 October 1920
Completed	October 1910
Commissioned	by US Navy, 24 August 1918
Decommissioned	by US Navy, 13 March 1919
Identification	1910: UK official number 131303 code letters HRTN 1915: US official number 212693 code letters LDQF 1918: call sign KLT pennant number ID-1303 1930: code letters LFKH call sign GQWN 1935: call sign IBLP 1941: call sign HPYY
Fate	Sunk by aircraft in 1942
General characteristics
Type	cargo ship
Tonnage	4,923 GRT, 3,131 NRT
Displacement	8,097 tons
Length	400.8 ft (122.2 m)
Beam	51.5 ft (15.7 m)
Draught	25 ft 10 in (7.87 m)
Depth	27.0 ft (8.2 m)
Decks	2
Installed power	507 NHP
Propulsion	triple-expansion engine
Speed	10 knots (19 km/h)
Complement	in US Navy service, 91
Crew	1941: 39 1942: 45

USS Howick Hall (ID-1303) was a cargo steamship that was built in Scotland in 1910 and served in the merchant fleets of the United Kingdom, United States, Italy and Panama. She served in the United States Army in 1917–18 and then the United States Navy in 1918–19. The United States Maritime Commission bought her in 1941, and a German air attack sank her in 1942.

The ship was launched as Howick Hall, and kept that name when she served in the US Army and US Navy. She was renamed Dovenden in 1929, Ircania in 1935 and Raceland in 1941. Her name was Raceland when she was sunk in 1942.