Laid down as SS Marine Walrus, a Maritime Commission type (C4-S-B2) hull, under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 746) at Sun Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Chester, PA.
Launched, 1 August 1944
Acquired by the Navy from the Maritime Commission, 30 August 1944
Converted to a Hospital Ship at Bethlehem Steel Co., Hoboken, N.J.
Commissioned USS Consolation (AH-15), 22 May 1945, CDR. Preston S. Tambling in command
During the Korean War USS Consolation (AH-15) participated in the following campaigns:
Korean War Campaigns
Campaign and Dates
Campaign and Dates
North Korean Aggression
16 August to 15 September 1950
18 September to 2 November 1950
UN Summer-Fall Offensive
6 October to 27 November 1951
Communist China Aggression
3 November 1950 to 24 January 1951
Second Korean Winter
28 November to 31 December 1951
24 February to 30 April 1952
Inchon Landing
15 to 17 September 1950
Korean Defense Summer-Fall 1952
1 May to 13 June 1952
5 October to 20 November 1952
First UN Counter Offensive
25 January to 21 April 1951
Third Korean Winter
9 December 1952 to 22 January 1953
9 February to 17 March 1953
4 to 30 April 1953
Communist China Spring Offensive
22 April to 19 May 1951
Korea Summer-Fall 1953
1 to 20 May 1953
Decommissioned, 30 December 1955
Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet
Leased, 16 March 1960 to the People to People Health Foundation, renamed SS Hope
Struck from the Naval Register, 15 September 1974
Final Disposition, sold by Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service for scrapping, 1 September 1974 and scrapped in 1975
USS Consolation earned 10 battle stars for Korean war service
