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

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