SS Hope
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| 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
- Walsh, William B. (1964). A Ship called Hope. Dutton. OCLC 1374141.
- —— (1966). Yanqui, come back! The story of Hope in Peru. Dutton. OCLC 881451.
- —— (1970). Hope in the East: the mission to Ceylon. Dutton.
- ——; Meltzer, Richard S; Lucey, Dennis (1974). Medicine and the satellite: a description of the 1973 satellite experiments aboard the S.S. Hope. Project Hope.
- Rheinstein, Fred (director); Bellamy, Ralph. Title unknown (Documentary film). NBC.
References
- ↑ "History of Project Hope". Retrieved 2013-08-20.