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| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | USS Solace |
| Builder | Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Co., Newport News, Virginia |
| Launched | 8 August 1896 |
| Acquired | 7 April 1898 |
| Commissioned | 14 April 1898 |
| Decommissioned | 12 October 1905 |
| Recommissioned | 3 June 1908 |
| Decommissioned | 14 April 1909 |
| Recommissioned | 20 November 1909 |
| Decommissioned | 20 July 1921 |
| Stricken | 6 August 1930 |
| Fate | Sold for scrap, 6 November 1930 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Hospital ship |
| Displacement | 5,700 long tons (5,791 t) |
| Length | 377 ft (115 m) |
| Beam | 44 ft (13 m) |
| Draft | 22 ft (6.7 m) |
| Speed | 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
| Complement | 270 |
| Armament | None |
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USS Solace (AH-2) was a hospital ship in the United States Navy. Solace was built in 1896 and 1897 by the Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Co., Newport News, Virginia, and was operated as the SS Creole by the Cromwell Steamship Lines. The ship was acquired by the United States Navy on 7 April 1898, renamed Solace, and converted into a hospital ship. She was the first Navy ship to fly the Geneva Red Cross flag. Solace was commissioned on 14 April 1898.