USS Comfort arrives at Hollandia, February 1945
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History | |
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United States | |
Builder | Bethlehem Steel Company, San Pedro, Los Angeles |
Launched | 18 March 1943[1] |
Commissioned | 5 May 1944[1] |
Decommissioned | 19 April 1946[1] |
Notes | Transferred to the United States Army 19 April 1946[1] |
General characteristics | |
Displacement | 6,000 tons[1] |
Length | 417 ft 9 in (127.33 m)[1] |
Beam | 60 ft (18 m)[1] |
Draught | 27 ft 8 in (8.43 m)[1] |
Speed | 14 kts |
Complement | 233[1] |
The second USS Comfort (AH-6) was launched 18 March 1943 by Consolidated Steel Corporation, Wilmington, Los Angeles, under a Maritime Commission contract; sponsored by First Lieutenant E. Hatchitt, USAMC; transferred to the Navy the same day; converted to a hospital ship by Bethlehem Steel Co., San Pedro, Calif.; and commissioned 5 May 1944.[1]