Hospital Ships
(AH)
Many auxiliaries were created by converting existing ships; others were built new but starting with an existing design; the balance were both designed and built for their purpose. There are some gaps in the data, particularly for the conversions.
Name | Builder | hull # | Type | US Govt. # | Built | Converted By | New Name | LDT | LOA | Converted | Notes | |
AH | John Englis | Delaware River Iron SB | 288 | passenger freighter | 1896 | Mare Island NSY | Relief | 3,300 | 314 | 1908 | to USA 1898 as Relief, to USN 1902, renamed Repose 1918, sold 1919, Hai Ning 1923, Mindanao 1937, Lanao 1937, sunk off Cebu 1942 | |
AH-1 | Relief | Philadelphia NSY | 9,800 | 484 | 28 Dec 2020 | scrapped 1948 | ||||||
AH-2 | Creole | Newport News SB | 16 | passenger freighter | 1896 | Solace | 3,800 | 377 | 14 Apr 1998 | scrapped 1930 | ||
AH-3 | Havana | Cramp SB | 340 | passenger freighter | 1906 | New York NSY | Comfort | 10,100 | 430 | 18 Mar 2018 | sold 1921, Havana 1927, Yucatan 1935, USAT Agwileon 1941, USAHS Shamrock 1943, scrapped 1948 | |
AH-4 | Saratoga | Cramp SB | 341 | passenger freighter | 1907 | New York NSY | Mercy | 9,450 | 430 | 24 Jan 2018 | scrapped 1939 | |
AH-5 | Iroquois | Newport News SB | 306 | passenger freighter | 1927 | Atlantic Basin IW | Solace | 8,900 | 409 | 9 Aug 1941 | sold 1948 as liner Ankara, scrapped 1981 | |
AH-6 | Comfort | Consolidated Wilm. | 337 | freighter (C1) | MC 1021 | 1943 | Beth San Pedro | 6,000 | 416 | 5 May 1944 | to USA 1946, to NDRF 1949, to MMA 1953 as State of Maine, scrapped 1967 | |
AH-7 | Fred Morris | Consolidated Wilm. | 331 | freighter (C1) | MC 490 | 1943 | Long Beach NSY | Hope | 6,000 | 416 | 15 Aug 1944 | to USA 1946, to NDRF 1950, scrapped 1978 |
AH-8 | Mercy | Consolidated Wilm. | 338 | freighter (C1) | MC 1032 | 1943 | Los Angeles SB | 6,000 | 416 | 7 Aug 1944 | to USA 1946, to NDRF 1949, to NYSMA 1956 as Empire State III, scrapped 1970 | |
AH-9 | Henderson | Philadelphia NSY | transport | AP-1 | 1917 | General Eng'g. | Bountiful | 7,730 | 484 | 23 Mar 1944 | scrapped 1948 | |
AH-10 | Chaumont | A.I.S.C. | 671 | transport | AP-5 | 1920 | Samaritan | 12,275 | 448 | 1 Mar 1944 | scrapped 1948 | |
AH-11 | Blue Hen State | New York ship | 250 | passenger freighter | 1921 | Maryland DD | Refuge | 16,800 | 523 | 24 Feb 1944 | President Garfield 1922, President Madison 1938, Kenmore (AP-62) 1942, scrapped 1948 | |
AH-12 | Marine Hawk | Sun SB | 348 | freighter (C4) | MC 743 | 1944 | Todd Brooklyn | Haven | 11,150 | 520 | 5 May 1945 | sold 1967, chemical carrier Clendenin 1968, Alaskan 1969, scrapped 1987 |
AH-13 | Marine Lion | Sun SB | 349 | freighter (C4) | MC 744 | 1944 | Todd Brooklyn | Benevolence | 11,150 | 520 | 12 May 1945 | collision and sank 1950 |
AH-14 | Marine Dolphin | Sun SB | 350 | freighter (C4) | MC 745 | 1944 | Atlantic Basin IW | Tranquillity | 11,150 | 520 | 24 Apr 1945 | scrapped 1974 |
AH-15 | Marine Walrus | Sun SB | 351 | freighter (C4) | MC 746 | 1944 | Beth Hoboken | Consolation | 11,150 | 520 | 22 May 1945 | to Project Hope 1960 as Hope, scrapped 1975 |
AH-16 | Marine Beaver | Sun SB | 352 | freighter (C4) | MC 747 | 1944 | Beth Brooklyn | Repose | 11,150 | 520 | 26 May 1945 | scrapped 1975 |
AH-17 | Marine Owl | Sun SB | 353 | freighter (C4) | MC 748 | 1944 | Todd Hoboken | Sanctuary | 11,150 | 520 | 20 Jun 1945 | sold 1989 but laid up, scrapped 2011 |
AH-18 | Saint John | Newport News SB | 350 | passenger freighter | 1945 | New York NSY | rescue | 8,350 | 403 | 18 Jan 1945 | Antaeus (AS-21) 1941, AG-67 1943, to NDRF 1946, scrapped 1959 | |
AH-19 | Worth | NASSCO | 394 | T8-S-100b | MA 299 | 1976 | NASSCO | Mercy | 24,172 | 894 | 8 Nov 1986 | |
AH-20 | Rose City | NASSCO | 396 | T8-S-100b | MA 301 | 1976 | NASSCO | Comfort | 24,172 | 894 | 1 Feb 1987 |