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AH-7 Hope

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 a Maritime Commission type (C1-B) hull under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 1015) at Consolidated Steel, Corp., Wilmington, CA.
  • Launched and Acquired by the Navy from the Maritime Commission, 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
  • Decommissioned, 9 May 1946, at San Francisco, CA.
  • Turned over to the US Army for further use as a hospital ship
  • Struck from the Naval Register (date unknown)
  • Transferred to the Maritime Commission in 1950 for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Suisun Bay, Benecia, CA.
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
  • 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 Hope (AH-7) underway, date and place unknown.
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    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center web site
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S.Navy Memorial Foundation
    Fleet Reserve Association
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    USS Hope
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