Ships hit by U-boats

USS Hugh L. Scott (AP 43)

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Name	USS Hugh L. Scott (AP 43)
Type:	Troop transport
Tonnage	12,479 tons
Completed	1921 - Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp, Sparrow´s Point MD
Owner	United States Navy
Homeport
Date of attack	12 Nov 1942	Nationality: American

Fate	Sunk by U-130 (Ernst Kals)
Position	33.40N, 07.35W - Grid DJ 2524 - See location on a map -
Complement	119 (59 dead and 60 survivors).
Convoy	UGF-1
Route	Hampton Roads (24 Oct) - Fedhala, Marocco (8 Nov)
Cargo	War material and troops
History	Laid down as American steam passenger ship Jadwin for USSB, completed as Hawkeye State, 1922 renamed President Pierce for the Dollar SS Co, later transferred to the American President Lines Ltd, San Francisco On 31 Jul, 1941, the President Pierce was requisitioned by the US Government and used as US Army transporter Hugh L. Scott in four Far East voyages. On 14 Aug, 1942, transferred to the US Navy and converted to the troop transport USS Hugh L. Scott (AP 43).
Notes on loss	The USS Hugh L. Scott (AP 43) (Capt Harold J. Wright) was participating in Operation Torch, the invasion of North Africa, in the Task Group 34.9 (Center Attack Group, Western Naval Task Force) as part of the convoy UGF-1. At 18.28 hours on 12 Nov, 1942, U-130 fired five torpedoes on three transports (USS Edward Rutledge (AP 52), USS Hugh L. Scott (AP 43) and USS Tasker H. Bliss (AP 42)) at anchor in the heavily guarded Fedhala Roads. All torpedoes hit their targets, causing the first and the second ship to sink quickly. The USS Tasker H. Bliss (AP 42) burned until 02.30 hours the next morning and finally sank. U-130 reported her victims by their former civilian names.

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