Historical Marker

U.S.S. Harris County

Hamilton · Harris County · Erected 1955

The roadside stories worth pulling over for.

The Story

This county's namesake warship, launched in 1944 as a tank-landing ship, led fourteen convoys through Pacific war zones without a casualty and served at Okinawa before later resupplying the Arctic.

About this site

U.S.S. Harris County is a historical marker in Hamilton, Harris County, erected in 1955. It is one of 20 historical markers documented in Harris County, among 84 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.

The site sits at 32.7588, -84.8749 near Hamilton. The nearest cataloged historic site is Harris County (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Harris County Courthouse, Columbus Baptist Association, and Hamilton Baptist Church and Pastorium.

This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.

📍 32.7588, -84.8749 · Hamilton, Harris County

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