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NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive

USAHS Ernest Hinds
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USAT Ernest Hinds (1942)
USS Kent (AP-28) (1941 - 1942)
USAT Santa Teresa (1941)
USS Santa Teresa (ID #3804) (1918 - 1919)

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Defense Service Medal (with Fleet clasp) - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal

Steel-hulled screw steamer:

Laid down, date unknown, as SS Santa Teresa, for Grace Lines of New York, at William Cramp & Sons Ship & Engine Building Co., Philadelphia, PA.

Requisitioned by the United State Shipping Board (USSB) in August 1917

Launched in 4 July 1918

Commissioned USS Santa Teresa (ID-3804), 18 November 1918, CDR. Benjamin G. Barthalow in command

Decommissioned, 7 October 1919, at Philadelphia, PA. and returned to the USSB for redelivery to her owner

Placed in commercial service in 1921 as SS Santa Teresa by Grace Lines, Inc.

Acquired by Panama Mail SS Co. Inc. in 1931, name retained

Acquired by Merchants & Miners Transportation Co. Baltimore MD, in 1936, renamed SS Kent

Acquired by the US Army Transportation Service, 14 April 1941, at Boston, MA.

Placed in commission as USAT Ernest Hinds

Transferred to the Navy, 21 July 1941

Commissioned USS Kent (AP-28), 22 July 1941, CDR. E. J. Kidder in command

Decommissioned, 24 March 1942, at New York, N.Y.

Returned to the US Army Transportation Service, and renamed USAT Ernest Hinds

Struck from the Naval Register, 8 May 1943

Converted to a Hospital Ship at San Francisco, for the US Army Transportation Service

Placed in commission as USAHS Ernest Hinds

Reconverted to a Transport in September 1945

Returned to the War Shipping Administration (WSA) for transfer to the US Public Health Service, in April 1946

Returned to the Maritime Commission and laid up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet, Brunswick, GA., 14 April 1947

Turned over to Moran Tug and Transportation Co. for tow to the James River Reserve Fleet, 6 April 1948

Delivered to the National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River, Lee Hall, VA., 14 April 1948

Final Disposition sold for scrapping, 20 May 1957, to Bethlehem Steel Corp. and scrapped at Patapsco, Norfolk, VA.

Specifications:
Displacement 5,341 t. (lt.) 8,890 t.(fl)
Length 373' 9"
Beam 51' 6"
Draft 24' 5"
Speed 11 kts.
Complement 254
Troop Accommodations 751
Patient Accommodations unknown

Armament
World War I - Santa Teresa
one single 5" gun mount
one single 4" gun mount
two 1-pdrs
World War II - Kent
four single 3"/50 gun mounts
eight .50 cal machine guns

Propulsion steam turbine

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Source
USS Santa Teresa (ID- 3804)
	115k	*USS Santa Teresa* (ID-3804) fitting out at the Cramp shipyard, Philadelphia, PA., on 18 November 1918, the day she was commissioned. The small ferry steamer Tinicum is at right. A destroyer in visible behind Santa Teresa*. US Navy photo # NH 65089-A* The original print is in the National Archives' Record Group 19-LCM.	US Naval Historical Center
	97k	*USS Santa Teresa* (ID-3804)** at anchor in a U.S East Coast port in 1919. The original photograph is printed on postal card ("AZO") stock. US Navy photo # NH 102943 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center. Donation of Dr Mark Kulikowski, 2005.	Robert Hurst
	87k	*USS Santa Teresa* (ID-3804)** at anchor in 1919. She appears to be in the process of repainting. The original photograph is printed on postal card ("AZO") stock. US Navy photo # NH 103080 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center. Donation of Dr Mark Kulikowski, 2005.	Robert Hurst
	72k	*USS Santa Teresa* (ID-3804)** in port in 1919. Photographed by the Louvre Photo Studios, Seymour Building, 503 Fifth Avenue, New York City. US Navy photo # NH 103081 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center. Donation of Dr Mark Kulikowski, 2005.	Robert Hurst
	97k	*USS Santa Teresa* (ID-3804)** underway, probably in New York Harbor, while bringing troops home from Europe in 1919. Photographed by J.W. Allison, New York US Navy photo # NH 105864 from the collections of the US Naval History and Heritage Command. Donation of Dr Mark Kulikowski, 2008.	Robert Hurst
	222k	*USS Santa Teresa* (ID-3804)** arriving at New York, 4 September 1919, bringing home troops of the 18th Infantry Regiment, 1st Division. Panoramic photograph, taken by Head-Mayberry, 488 7th Avenue, New York. US Navy photo # NH 105865 from the collections of the US Naval History and Heritage Command. Donation of Dr Mark Kulikowski, 2008.	Robert Hurst
Merchant Service
	44k	SS Santa Teresa under way in the Panama Canal passing through Gaillard Cut, circa late 1920s-early 1930s.	Cliff Coffey
USS Kent (AP-28)
	60k	*USS Kent* (AP-28)** underway, circa 1941-1942. US Navy photo # NH 90568 Courtesy of William H. Davis, 1980.	US Naval Historical Center
USAT Ernest Hinds
	77k	USAT Ernest Hinds at anchor, date and location unknown. US Navy photo from "Hospital Ships of World War II: An Illustrated Reference" by Emory A. Massman.	Robert Hurst
	67k	USAT Ernest Hinds in port, date and location unknown US Navy photo # NH 85262 Copied from the book "Troopships of World War II", by Roland W. Charles.	US Naval Historical Center
	79k	The Soviet merchant freighter SS Neva docked at San Francisco, CA., during World War II. She appears to be under repair, as her rudder is unshipped. The US Army Transport USAT Ernest Hinds is in the background. *Neva* was not reported in service after 1955 and was dropped from merchant ship registers. US Naval History and Heritage Command photo #: NH 89960	Robert Hurst
	67k	USAT Ernest Hinds in port, date and location unknown US Navy photo # NH 85262 Copied from the book "Troopships of World War II", by Roland W. Charles.	US Naval Historical Center
USAHS Ernest Hinds
	79k	USAHS Ernest Hinds under way, circa 1944-45, location unknown US Navy photo # NH 98695 Copied from the book "Troopships of World War II", by Roland W. Charles.	US Naval Historical Center