USS Refuge
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Kenmore, SS President Garfield, and SS President Madison.
USS Refuge (AH-11), was a hospital ship of the United States Navy during World War II. The ship was built in 1921 by the New York Shipbuilding Corp., of Camden, New Jersey, as SS Blue Hen State, but was renamed President Garfield in 1923 and then SS President Madison in 1940 for service with American President Lines. Acquired by the Navy from the War Shipping Administration on 11 April 1942 the ship was commissioned as the transport USS Kenmore until conversion to a hospital ship.
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United States | |
Name | |
Operator | American President Lines |
Builder | New York Shipbuilding, Camden, New Jersey |
Cost | $4,088,274.71[2] |
Yard number | hull 250[3] |
Launched | 23 February 1921 as Blue Hen State |
Completed | June 1921 |
Fate | Sold for scrap 2 February 1948 |
United States | |
Name | USS Kenmore (AP-62) |
Acquired | 11 April 1942 |
Commissioned | 5 August 1942 |
Decommissioned | 16 September 1943 |
Fate | Converted to hospital ship |
United States | |
Name | USS Refuge (AH-11) |
Commissioned | 24 February 1944 |
Decommissioned | 2 April 1946 |
Stricken | 8 May 1946 |
Honours and awards | 1 battle star (WWII) |
Fate | Sold for scrap, 2 February 1948 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Design 1095 ship known commercially as "502" Type |
Tonnage | 10,501 GRT[1] |
Displacement | 16,800 long tons (17,070 t) |
Length | |
Beam | 62 ft (18.9 m) |
Draft | 26 ft (7.9 m) (limiting) |
Propulsion | Reciprocating Engines, Twin Screw |
Speed | 11.5 knots (21.3 km/h; 13.2 mph) |
Capacity | 626 patients |
Complement | (Navy) 543 officers and enlisted |
Armament | None |
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