USS Mercy (AH-8)
USS Mercy (AH-8) underway in San Pedro Bay, California, 15 August 1944 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | USS Mercy |
| Builder | Consolidated Steel Corporation, Wilmington, Los Angeles, California |
| Laid down | 4 February 1943 |
| Launched | 25 March 1943 |
| Sponsored by | Lieutenant (j.g) Doris M. Yetter, NC, USN |
| Acquired | 25 March 1943 |
| Commissioned | 7 August 1944 |
| Decommissioned | 17 May 1946 |
| Stricken | 25 September 1946 |
| Fate | Sold for scrap, 23 November 1970 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Comfort-class hospital ship |
| Displacement | 9,800 long tons (9,957 t) |
| Length | 416 ft (127 m) |
| Beam | 60 ft 2 in (18.34 m) |
| Draft | 24 ft 6 in (7.47 m) |
| Propulsion | Geared turbine, single screw, 4,000 shp (2,983 kW) |
| Speed | 15.3 knots (17.6 mph; 28.3 km/h) |
| Capacity | 400 patients |
| Complement | 516 |
| Armament | None |
| Service record | |
| Operations: | World War II |
| Awards: | 2 battle stars |
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The second USS Mercy (AH-8) was a Comfort-class hospital ship laid down under Maritime Commission contract by Consolidated Steel Corporation at the Wilmington Yard, Wilmington, California, on 4 February 1943. She was acquired by the US Navy from the Maritime Commission on 25 March 1943 and launched the same day, sponsored by Lieutenant (junior grade) Doris M. Yetter, NC, USN, who had been a prisoner of war on Guam in 1941. She was converted from a cargo ship to a hospital ship by Los Angeles Shipbuilding & Drydock Company, San Pedro, California and commissioned 7 August 1944.