Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1940-1945

AH-5 USS Solace

• Solace class Hospital Ship:
• Displacement: 8,660 (full load)
• Length: 409'
• Beam: 63'
• Draft:21'
• Speed: 17.5 knots (max); 13 knots (econ)
• Armament: NONE
• Complement: ; 418 patients
• Geared turbine engines; twin screws; 8,500 hp
• Built at Newport News Shipbuilding, Newport News, Va. as the SS Iroquois in 1927
• Acquired by the Navy on 22 July 1940, and commissioned 9 August 1941

Additional Links:

• "Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships" -- USS Solace
• Action Report -- Pearl Harbor attack
• USS Solace (II) (AH-5)

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