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USS Hope (AH-7) was a Comfort-class hospital ship launched under Maritime Commission contract by Consolidated Steel Corporation, Wilmington, California, 30 August 1943; sponsored by Miss Martha L. Floyd; acquired by the Navy the same day for conversion to a hospital ship by U.S. Naval Dry Dock, Terminal Island, Calif.; and commissioned 15 August 1944.
The Comfort-class hospital ships were a United States Navy World War II-era hospital ship design. Three vessels ( Comfort , Hope , and Mercy ) were built using these specifications. All ships were constructed in 1943 by the Consolidated Steel Corporation before being decommissioned in 1946.
These ships all were commissioned in the US Navy, and had a US Navy Crew, but the hospital was operated by the US Army. These ships, unlike the Navy hospital ships, were intended for evacuation and transport of patients after primary care had been given. USS Comfort (AH-6) (1944–1946) USS Hope (AH-7) (1944–1946) USS Mercy (AH-8) (1944–1946)
SS Hope was a hospital ship operated by Project HOPE. [1] This vessel was originally a US Navy hospital ship, USS Consolation (AH-15). Consolation was donated to Project Hope in 1958, and under its new name served from 1960 until 1974, when she was retired. Hope was not replaced, and the emphasis of Project HOPE switched entirely to land-based ...
Comfort was one of three hospital ships, the others being USS Hope (AH-7) and USS Mercy (AH-8), built, commanded and crewed by the Navy for the Army. These ships, unlike the Navy hospital ships, were intended for evacuation and transport of patients after primary care had been given. Medical equipment and personnel were provided by the Army.
In World War II, Canada operated the hospital ship RMS Lady Nelson and SS Letitia (II). [17] HMHS Aquitania in World War I service as a hospital ship. The first purpose-built hospital ship in the U.S. Navy was USS Relief [18] which was commissioned in 1921.
USS Consolation (AH-15) was a Haven-class hospital ship originally in service with the United States Navy from 1945 to 1955. In 1960 she was chartered to the People to People Health Foundation and renamed SS Hope and served for another 14 years until being scrapped in 1975.
USS Hope may refer to the following ships of the United States Navy: USS Hope (1861) , was a Civil War gunboat purchased by the US Navy in November 1861 and sold 25 October 1865 USS Hope (AH-7) , was a hospital ship commissioned 15 August 1944