SS Hope

SS Hope
Career (United States)
Builder: Sun Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company at Chester, Pennsylvania
Acquired: 1958
In service: 1960
Out of service: 1974
General characteristics
Class and type:Haven-class hospital ship
Displacement:11,141 tons (light)
15,000 tons (full load)
Length:520 ft (160 m)
Beam:71 ft 6 in (21.79 m)
Draft:24 ft (7.3 m)
Propulsion:Geared turbine engines, single screw
Speed:18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)

SS Hope was a hospital ship operated by Project HOPE (USA).[1]

Hope was originally built as a US Navy hospital ship, USS Consolation (AH-15). Consolation was donated to Project Hope in 1958, and served from 1960 until 1974, when she was retired. Hope was not replaced, and Project HOPE emphasis switched entirely to land-based operations.

Features

One special piece of equipment was a machine called the Iron Cow. Using distilled seawater, combined with milk solids and butterfat, it was capable of turning out 2500 gallons of milk daily.

Works about Hope

References

  1. "History of Project Hope". Retrieved 2013-08-20.