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WW2 Hospital Ships | WW2 US Medical Research Centre

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The Hospital Ships ordered by the Army (officially designated: US Army Hospital Ship > USAHS), and allowed by the Joint Chiefs of Staff only became available end 1943; they were Army-controlled, but Navy-built, …

List of former United States Army medical units - Wikipedia

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USAHS U.S. Army Hospital Ships - GlobalSecurity.org

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The U.S. Army Hospital Ship Dogwood (of 7933 gross tons), built in Richmond, California, entered mercantile service upon completion in May 1943 as the Liberty ship George …

Hospital Ships Material - National Museum of Health …

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US ARMY HOSPITAL SHIP ERNESTINE KORANDA. NCP 1369-1373 are part of a series. The accompanying information states: Pictures taken in Korean. Scenes from hospitals, …

Hospital Ships of Army Transport Service - usmm.org

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The medical staff were Army personnel. The hospital ships were operated under the provisions of the Hague Convention X of 1907, which specified identifying markings. These proved inadequate, so large …

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013598 Hospital Ship Mercy just before sailing for America with 500 casuals aboard. Jan 7, 1919. St. Nazaire, Loire Inferieure, France. 013613 Hospital Ship, loaded and ready to …

Unit Histories | WW2 US Medical Research Centre

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Medical Units: 1st Medical Battalion; 3d Auxiliary Surgical Group; 3d Medical Laboratory; 11th Hospital Train; 45th Portable Surgical Hospital; 47th Armored Medical Battalion; Medical Detachment, 70th Tank …

List of United States Navy hospital ships - Wikipedia

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It is expected to be between 1/3 to 1/2 the size of the Mercy-class hospital ships. The Fast Expeditionary Medical Variant design calls for a vessel to be 417 feet long and displace …

When a US Hospital Ship Was Attacked by a Kamikaze …

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During World War II, two dozen hospital ships were sunk by enemy fire, and a critical hospital ship sustained a damaging attack in the war’s waning weeks. Commissioned in 1944, the second...