General H. L. Scott (AP-136) was laid down 20 December 1942 under a
Maritime Commission contract (MC #659) by
Kaiser Co., Inc., Yard 3,
Richmond, California; launched 19 September 1943; sponsored by Mrs. Walter K. Wilson; acquired by the Navy 6 March 1944; and commissioned 3 April at
San Francisco. After shakedown off
San Diego,
General H. L. Scott departed San Francisco 5 May with reinforcement troops embarked for the South Pacific. Arriving
Nouméa,
New Caledonia, 21 May, she returned to San Francisco 7 June to continue transporting men and supplies to island bases in the Pacific. As American naval power drove nearer to the heart of the
Japanese Empire, she made six voyages to the western Pacific between 10 June 1944 and 2 July 1945, carrying her passengers and cargo out of San Francisco to the
Marshalls, the
New Hebrides, New Caledonia,
New Guinea, the Admiralties, and the
Philippines. In addition, she operated for a time in the western Pacific as Pacific Fleet receiving ship. While at
Ulithi,
Caroline Islands, 25 March, she embarked 1,004 officers and men from , severely damaged 19 March off the coast of Japan.
General H. L. Scott departed San Francisco 7 July for
New York, where she arrived 21 July. She sailed 3 August for the
Mediterranean and embarked veteran troops at
Naples and
Leghorn, Italy, before returning to
Boston 27 August. Between 2 September and October, she steamed via the
Suez Canal to
Calcutta, India, and
Colombo,
Ceylon, on "
Magic-Carpet" duty to transport troops back to the United States. She arrived New York 28 October, sailed 10 November for
China, and arrived
Shanghai 11 December to support
Nationalist forces during the
protracted struggle for control of the Chinese mainland.
General H. L. Scott returned to
Seattle 30 December. On 5 February 1946 she sailed for the Far East with occupation troops embarked. After touching at
Jinsen,
Korea, and Shanghai, she returned to Seattle 20 March. She decommissioned 29 May and was returned to
WSA 3 June. She entered the
National Defense Fleet and was berthed in
Puget Sound until sold to
Bethlehem Steel Corp. 31 July 1964. She was converted to a general cargo ship in 1965 for Bethlehem's subsidiary
Calmar Line and operated under the name SS
Yorkmar, USCG ON 294261, until scrapped in 1974. ==References==