# Relief Class Hospital Ship: Laid down, 14 June 1917, at Philadelphia Navy Yard, Philadelphia, PA.
# Launched, 23 December 1919
# Commissioned USS Relief (AH-1), 28 December 1920, CDR. Richmond C. Holcomb, (MC), USN, in command
# Decommissioned, 11 June 1946, at Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, VA.
# Struck from the Naval Register, 19 July 1946
# Transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal, 13 January 1947
# Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 23 March 1948, to Boston Metals Co., Baltimore, MD.
# USS Relief received five battle stars for World War II service
Specifications:
Displacement 9,800 t.(lt), 11,350 t.(fl)
Length 483' 10"
Beam 61' 1"
Draft 22' (limiting)
Speed 15 kts. (trial)
Complement
Officers 35
Enlisted, 392
Patient Capacity 500
Largest Boom Capacity 8 t.
Fuel Capacities
NSFO 13,655 Bbls
Diesel 160 Bbls
Propulsion
two Philadelphia Navy Yard Parsons-type steam turbines
three Babcock and Wilcox header-type boilers, 215psi 440°
single Parsons-type Main Reduction Gears
Ship's Service Generators
two turbo-drive 300Kw 120V D.C.
one turbo-drive 40Kw 120V D.C.
twin propellers, 5,000shp
