Tacoma-class frigate in the United States Navy
For other ships with the same name, see
USS Huron .
History
United States
Name Huron
Namesake City of
Huron , South Dakota
Builder
American Ship Building Company ,
Lorain, Ohio
Launched 3 July 1943
Commissioned 7 September 1944
Decommissioned 19 April 1946
Fate Sold for scrapping, 15 May 1947
General characteristics
Class and type
Tacoma -class
frigate
Displacement
1,430 long tons (1,453 t) light
2,415 long tons (2,454 t) full
Length 303 ft 11 in (92.63 m)
Beam 37 ft 11 in (11.56 m)
Draft 13 ft 8 in (4.17 m)
Propulsion
2 × 5,500 shp (4,101 kW) turbines
3 boilers
2 shafts
Speed 20
knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Complement 190
Armament
USS Huron (PF-19) , a
Tacoma -class
frigate , was the second ship of the
United States Navy to be named for
Huron, South Dakota .
Construction
The fifth Huron (PF-19), originally classified as PG-127 , was launched under
Maritime Commission contract by the
American Ship Building Company in
Cleveland , Ohio, on 3 July 1943, sponsored by Mrs. J. S. Tschetter, wife of the
mayor of Huron, South Dakota; and commissioned on 7 September 1944.
Service history
Manned by a Coast Guard crew, Huron conducted
shakedown training off
Bermuda during October and November. Returning to
Norfolk, Virginia , the ship sailed with a
convoy bound from Norfolk to
North Africa on 1 December 1944. While bringing together merchant ships which had become separated during the night, Huron was rammed by
SS James Fenimore Cooper shortly after midnight on 8 December. Though the
engine room flooded rapidly, the ship's
damage control work was timely and skillful, keeping her afloat. After temporary repairs, Huron was towed through rough weather by
Choctaw (AT-70) , arriving at
Bermuda on 15 December 1944. From there she was taken to
Charleston, South Carolina , for conversion to a
sonar training ship.
Huron arrived at
Key West ,
Florida , on 22 February 1945 for training operations at the
Fleet Sonar School . She spent the remainder of
the war providing both technical and tactical
anti-submarine training for officers and men. She collided with the
Free French Naval Forces
submarine
Argo on 28 April 1945 off Key West while Argo was serving as an
antisubmarine warfare training target, damaging both of Argo ′s
periscopes .
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Huron departed Key West for Norfolk on 19 March 1946 and was
decommissioned there on 19 April 1946. She was sold to
United Dock Corporation on 15 May 1947. She was resold to
Brazil in 1947 as Jose Marcelino and scrapped.
References
External links
Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in December 1944
Shipwrecks
1 Dec:
HMS Empire Dace
2 Dec:
Hawaii Maru
3 Dec:
USS Cooper ,
Revoljucija
4 Dec:
Kishinami
5 Dec:
Hozu ,
USS LSM-149
6 Dec:
Antoine Saugrain ,
HMS Bullen ,
U-297
7 Dec:
USS Mahan ,
USS Ward
9 Dec:
U-387
10 Dec:
William S. Ladd
11 Dec:
USS Reid
12 Dec:
Uzuki ,
U-416 ,
Yūzuki ,
Z35 ,
Z36
13 Dec:
U-365
14 Dec:
HMS Aldenham
15 Dec:
USS LST-472 ,
USS LST-738
17 Dec:
U-772
18 Dec:
USS Hull ,
USS Monaghan ,
Schleswig-Holstein ,
USS Spence ,
Theresia L M Russ ,
U-1209 ,
Zähringen
19 Dec:
U-737 ,
Unryū
21 Dec:
USS LST-460 ,
USS LST-749
22 Dec:
USS LST-563
24 Dec:
Alan-A-Dale ,
HMCS Clayoquot ,
Léopoldville
26 Dec:
HMS Capel ,
Kiyoshimo ,
U-2342 ,
Benjamin Ide Wheeler
27 Dec:
U-877
28 Dec:
Empire Javelin ,
John Burke ,
U-735
29 Dec:
U-322
30 Dec:
USS Porcupine ,
Hobart Baker
31 Dec:
U-2530
Unknown date:
Ha-83 ,
U-196 ,
U-400
Other incidents
Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in April 1945
Shipwrecks
1 Apr:
Awa Maru
2 Apr:
CD-186 ,
USS Dickerson ,
U-321
3 Apr:
Brummer ,
USS S-16 ,
U-1221 ,
U-2542 ,
U-3505 ,
T111
4 Apr:
USS Dickerson ,
U-237 ,
U-749 ,
U-3003
5 Apr:
U-242 ,
USS S-17
6 Apr:
Amatsukaze ,
USS Bush ,
USS Colhoun ,
USS Leutze ,
USS Morris ,
USS Newcomb ,
USS Witter ,
SS Hobbs Victory ,
SS Logan Victory
7 Apr:
Asashimo ,
Hamakaze ,
Isokaze ,
Isuzu ,
Kasumi ,
USS LST-447 ,
Oldenburg ,
USS PGM-18 ,
U-1195 ,
Yahagi ,
Yamato
8 Apr:
U-774 ,
U-1001
9 Apr:
Admiral Scheer ,
Ro-56 ,
U-677 ,
U-747 ,
U-804 ,
U-843 ,
U-982 ,
U-1065 ,
U-2509 ,
U-2514 ,
U-3512 ,
U-2516
10 Apr:
U-878 ,
Weser
12 Apr:
USS Mannert L. Abele ,
Ro-64 ,
U-486
13 Apr:
Karlsruhe ,
U-1024
14 Apr:
Belgian Airman ,
U-235 ,
U-1206
15 Apr:
U-103 ,
U-285 ,
U-1063 ,
U-1235
16 Apr:
HMCS Esquimalt ,
Lützow ,
USS Pringle ,
U-78 ,
U-880 ,
U-1274
17 Apr:
Goya
19 Apr:
Aquila ,
U-251 ,
U-548 ,
U-879
21 Apr:
U-636
22 Apr:
USS Swallow ,
U-518
23 Apr:
USS Eagle Boat 56 ,
U-183
24 Apr:
USS Frederick C. Davis ,
U-108 ,
U-546
25 Apr:
Graf Zeppelin ,
Ro-109 ,
TA 32 ,
U-326
27 Apr:
Canada Victory ,
TA 34
28 Apr:
CH-17 ,
U-56
29 Apr:
I-44 ,
U-56 ,
U-286 ,
U-307 ,
U-1017
30 Apr:
HMS Goodall ,
TA 43 ,
U-879 ,
U-1107
Unknown date:
I-56 ,
Ro-46 ,
Ro-49 ,
USS Snook ,
U-246 ,
U-325 ,
U-396 ,
U-398 ,
U-548 ,
U-857 ,
U-1055
Other incidents
2 Apr:
USS Dickerson
5 Apr:
USS Thornton
6 Apr:
USS Defense ,
USS Emmons ,
USS Mullany ,
USS Rodman
8 Apr:
USS Bullhead
9 Apr:
USS Sea Devil
11 Apr:
I-401
12 Apr:
USS Lindsey ,
U-1024 .
USS Zellars
14 Apr:
USS Sigsbee
15 Apr:
HMS Ekins ,
USS Laffey
16 Apr:
USS Bryant ,
Goya ,
USS Harding
19 Apr:
USS Bullhead ,
USS Pogy ,
USS Tolman
27 Apr:
HMS Redmill
28 Apr:
Argo ,
USS Huron
29 Apr:
USS Baya
30 Apr:
U-3525