USS Neal A. Scott (DE-769)
USS ''Neal A. Scott'' (DE-769) was a in service with the United States Navy from 1944 to 1946. She was sold for scrapping in 1969. Namesake Neal Anderson Scott was born on 21 May 1919 in Montgomery, Alabama. Scott was appointed assistant paymaster with the rank of ensign, U.S. Naval Reserve on 8 April 1942. After instruction at the Navy Supply Corps School, Harvard University Graduate School of Business Administration, Boston, Massachusetts, he was ordered to the 12th Naval District for further assignment. On 10 October 1942, he reported for duty aboard , then operating in the Solomon Islands. On 26 October, as the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands raged, USS ''Smith'', assigned to screen the , was hit by a Japanese torpedo plane causing the entire forward topside to erupt in flames. Scott, mortally wounded, "... exhorted the gun crews to sustain heavy and accurate fire against the enemy ..." in defense of the ''Enterprise''. He was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross. ...
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Tampa Shipbuilding Company
Tampa Shipbuilding Company, or TASCO, was one of a number of shipyards in Tampa, Florida. It operated from 1917 to after World War II, closing in 1947. History Origins Originally Tampa Shipbuilding & Engineering Company, founded in 1917, the yard built ships under the United States Maritime Commission's pre-war long-range shipbuilding program. It was also called the Tampa Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company. It would use the facilities of the Tampa Foundry & Machine Co. Tampa Foundry that ceased to exist in 1916. The Tampa Foundry was established in 1892 and was later incorporated in 1905. World War II mobilization The company would borrow $750,000 dollars in 1938 from the Public Works Administration to help pay for the construction of a 10,000-ton dry dock that was being built. The drydock would end up being constructed and afterwards in 1939, they would be awarded a contract worth $8 million to build four cargo ships. The growth in the shipyard would result in about 2,000 new j ...
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