USS Huron (PF-19)

USS Huron (PF-19)

USS "Huron" (PF-19), a "Tacoma"-class frigate, was the fifth ship of the United States Navy to be named for Huron, South Dakota.

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, with Lieutenant Commander W. W. Collins, USCG, in command.

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. "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.

References

*DANFS|http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/h9/huron-v.htm

External links

* [http://www.navsource.org/archives/12/08019.htm navsource.org: USS "Huron"]
* [http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/patrol/pf19.htm hazegray.org: USS "Huron"]


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