USS Relief (1896)

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USS Relief circa 1908.
History
United States
Owner	1896: Maine Steamship Co. 1898: U.S. Army 1902: U.S. Navy
Builder	Delaware River Iron Ship Building and Engine Works
Yard number	288
Completed	December 1896
Acquired	13 November 1902
Commissioned	6 February 1908
Decommissioned	10 June 1910
Fate	Sold into merchant service, 15 May 1919; ultimate fate unknown
General characteristics
Type	Passenger, later Hospital
Tonnage	3,168 gross
Displacement	3,300 tons
Length	314 ft (96 m)
Beam	46 ft (14 m)
Draught	15 ft 10 in (4.83 m)
Depth of hold	17 ft
Installed power	Triple expansion steam engines
Speed	16 knots
Complement	(U.S. Navy): 74
Armament	none

The USAHS Relief and the second USS Relief was a hospital ship in, respectively, the United States Army and the United States Navy. She was later named USS Repose.