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USS Hope (AH-7)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Alpha - Uniform - Juliet
 NAUJ
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive, 3 & 6 Dec. 1944, and at Okinawa) - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (4)
Bottom Row - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - Philippines Liberation Medal (1)
Comfort Class Hospital Ship:
  • Laid down, date unknown, as SS Fred Morris a Maritime Commission type (C1-B) hull under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 490) at Consolidated Steel, Corp., Wilmington, CA.
  • Launched and acquired by the US Navy from the War Shipping Administration, 30 August 1943
  • Converted to a Hospital Ship at US Naval Dry Dock, Terminal Island, CA.
  • Commissioned USS Hope (AH-7), 15 August 1944, CDR. A. F. Richards in command
  • During World War II USS Hope was assigned to Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaigns:
    Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
    Campaign and Dates Campaign and Dates
    Western Caroline Islands operation
    Capture and occupation of southern Palau Islands, September-October 1944     		Okinawa Gunto operation
    Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 13 April 1945
    Leyte operation
    :Leyte landings, November 1944     		Borneo operation
    Balikpapan operation, July 1945

  • Decommissioned, 9 May 1946, at San Francisco, CA.
  • Turned over to the US Army for further use as a hospital ship, 26 April 1946
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • Transferred to the Maritime Commission, 5 January 1950 for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay, Benecia, CA.
  • Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 16 February 1978, to Union Minerals & Alloys Corp.
  • USS Hope earned four battle stars of World War II service
    Specifications:
    Displacement 9,800 t.(fl)
    Length 418'
    Beam 60'
    Draft 24'
    Speed 15.5 kts.
    Complement 233
    Patient Accommodations 400
    Propulsion geared turbine, single screw, 4,000hp
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    Hope 36k USS Hope (AH-7) underway, date and location unknown.
    US Navy photo    		 Hyperwar US Navy in WWII web site
    View the USS Hope (AH-7)
    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
    Fleet Reserve Association
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    USS Hope
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