USS Samaritan

USS Samaritan (AP-10)
USS Samaritan (AH-10) in San Francisco Bay, late 1945 or early 1946
History
United States
Name
  • USAT Chaumont
  • USS Chaumont
  • USS Samaritan (AH-10)
Namesake
  • In honor of the American Expeditionary Force’s headquarters at Chaumont, France in World War I[1]
  • Samaritan[note 1]
BuilderAmerican International Shipbuilding
Laid down11 November 1918 as Shope
Launched31 March 1920
CompletedSeptember 1920
Acquired3 November 1921
Commissioned22 November 1921
Decommissioned25 June 1946
RenamedUSS Chaumont (AP-5), USS Samaritan (AH-10)
ReclassifiedAP-5 to AH-10, 2 September 1943
IdentificationUSSB hull no. 671
Honors and
awards
Four battle stars for World War II service
FateSold for scrap, 1948
General characteristics
TypeDesign 1024 ship
Displacement8,300 tons (lt) 13,400 t. (fl)
Length448 ft (137 m)
Beam58 ft 3 in (17.75 m)
Draft26 ft 5 in (8.05 m)
PropulsionGeared turbine, single screw, 6,000 horsepower
Speed14 knots
Capacity(AH) patients: 394
Complement286
ArmamentUnknown

USS Samaritan (AH-10) was a hospital ship that served with the US Navy in World War II. Prior to that, she served as a US Navy transport ship under the name USS Chaumont (AP-5).

USS Chaumont, one of twelve 13,400-ton (displacement) Hog Island Type B (Design 1024) transports laid down in November 1918 as SS Shope for the U.S. Shipping Board, launched in March 1920[citation needed] at Hog Island, Pennsylvania by the American International Shipbuilding Corporation.[2][3] In November 1920 the ship was delivered to the Shipping Board and transferred to the War Department on 15 December 1920 with assignment to the U.S. Army Transport Service. Redundant to Army needs, she was transferred “on loan” to the Navy on 3 November 1921 and commissioned on the 22nd, Lieutenant Commander G. H. Emmerson in temporary command. On 1 December 1921, Commander C.L. Arnold assumed command.[1][3] Permanent transfer to the Navy by Executive order was effective 6 August 1924.[1]

  1. ^ a b c Clay 2011, p. 2148.
  2. ^ Colton, T. (August 16, 2008). "Transports and Troopships". Shipbuilding History. Colton, T. Retrieved 28 December 2013.
  3. ^ a b DANFS: Chaumont.


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