THE NAVAL HISTORY 

OF SOUTH CAROLINA www.history.navy.mil

THE NAVAL HISTORY  OF SOUTH CAROLINA

SHIPS USS Arthur L. Bristol (APD 97), 1945

Beaufort I (Galley), 1799 USS Beaufort II (Collier), 1917

USS Beaufort III (PF 59), 1944 USS Beaufort IV (PCS 1387), 1944

USS Beaufort V (ATS 2), 1972 Charleston I (Galley), 1798

Charleston II (C 2), 1889 Charleston III (C 22), 1905

USS Charleston IV (PG 51), 1936 Columbia II (Screw Steamer), 1862

Columbia IV (C 12), 1894 USS Columbia VI (CL 56), 1942

USS Columbia VIII (SSN 771), 1995 USS Cowpens I (CV 25), 1943

USS Cowpens II (CG 63), 1991 USS Drayton I (DD 23), 1910

USS Drayton II (DD 366), 1936 USS Francis Marion (APA 249), 1961

USS Hampton II (PCS 1386), 1944

USS Columbia (SSN 771) was commissioned Oct. 9, 1995 at Naval Submarine BaseNew London, CT. In 1998, Columbia participated in Operation Infinite Reach in responseto the twin al-Qaeda attacks on the embassies in East Africa. Columbia also deployedfor Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom from 2002–2003 andjoined 29 other U.S. and British ships and submarines that fired Tomahawk Land AttackMissiles (TLAMs) against Iraqi military targets.

At least 40 ships have been named after the state of South Carolina, its cities,places, and people. They include:

SHIPS

USS Columbia (SSN 771)

USS Hampton III (APA 115), 1945 USS Hampton IV (SSN 767), 1993 USS Ingraham I (DD 111), 1919

USS Ingraham II (DD 444), 1941 USS Ingraham III (DD 694), 1944 USS Ingraham IV (FFG 61), 1989 USS James E. Williams (DDG 95), 2004

USS Parris Island (AG 72), 1944 Port Royal I, 1862

USS Port Royal II (CG 73), 1994 USS Raymon W. Herndon (APD 121), 1944

South Carolina I, 1798 South Carolina II, 1799 South Carolina III, 1861 USS South Carolina IV (BB 26), 1910

USS South Carolina V (DLGN 37), 1975 Sumter I, 1862

USS Sumter II (APA 52), 1943 USS Sumter III (LST 1181), 1970

USS Waccamaw (AO 109), 1946

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Arthur L. Bristol Jr. Vice Admiral

William M. Haynsworth Jr. Commander

Sources: Naval History and Heritage Command; navy.mil; Joint Base Charleston; Naval Hospital Beaufort; public.navy.mil; State Symbols USA. Infographic by Naval History and Heritage Command Communication and Outreach Division.

James E. Williams Chief Petty Officer

Did You Know...?The current version of the South Carolina state flag was adopted in 1861. This version added the palmetto tree to theoriginal design. The palmetto tree symbolizes Colonel Moultrie's heroic defense of the palmetto-log fort on Sullivan'sIsland during the attack of the British fleet on June 28, 1776.

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Born in Fort Mill, SC, Williams joined the Navy in1947 at the age of 16. While serving in SouthVietnam’s Mekong Delta, Williams’s boat was firedon. Against overwhelming odds, Williams led hismen against the enemy, killing guerrillas, destroyingmore than 50 vessels, and disrupting enemyoperations. For his actions, Williams was awardedthe Congressional Medal of Honor. He is the mostdecorated enlisted man in U.S. Navy history.

Born in Darlington, SC, Haynsworth was appointed to theNaval Academy in 1919. In 1941, he took command ofUSS Ingraham (DD 444). In 1942, Ingraham was sent toinvestigate a collision. While in dense fog off NovaScotia, Ingraham was rammed by fleet oiler, USSChemung (AO 30). The force of the collision causeddepth charges on Ingraham's stern to explode, killingCmdr. Haynsworth and most of the crew. Only 10 menand one officer from Ingraham survived.

PEOPLE

Born in Charleston, SC, Arthur LeRoy Bristol Jr. graduated from theNaval Academy in 1906. He was awarded the Navy Cross and later theDistinguished Service Medal. For Bristol’s services during theevacuation of Crimea in 1920, a grateful Russian government-in-exilepresented him with the Order of St. Stanislav, III Class. Bristol went onto be named the commanding officer of the Navy's first aircraft carrier tobe built as such from the keel up, USS Ranger (CV 4).

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