USS Hydra (AK-82)

Hydra was in naval service from 1 January through 19 November 1943 before she was transferred to the U.S. Army[1] for conversion to the Engineer Port Repair ship Madison Jordan Manchester.

[1] The ship was converted for naval service at Bethlehem Steel, Key Highway, Baltimore, with completion on 27 May 1943.

[4] Hydra commissioned 25 September 1943, and arrived at Norfolk, Virginia, 1 October to prepare for her shakedown.

For the next month she engaged in various operations, including speed trials and target runs in the Chesapeake Bay.

[5] The ship was returned to the Maritime Commission and arrived in the James River National Defense Reserve Fleet on 20 August 1947.

An aerial side view of two Forrest Sherman -class destroyers tied up at the Baltimore Fairfield Terminal awaiting scrapping. Inboard is the destroyer ex- USS Forrest Sherman (DD-931) and outboard is the ex- USS Blandy (DD-943) . On the north side of the pier is the former U.S. Army N-3 type port repair ship Madison Jordan Manchester , also scheduled for scrapping.