Haven Class, U.S. Hospital Ships

Photograph of Haven-class hospital ship

ONI 222

Tonnage 15,400 tons standard

Dimensions 520' by 71'6" by 23'6"
158.5m by 21.8m by 7.2m

Maximum speed 17.5 knots

Complement 568

Machinery
1-shaft General Electric geared turbine (9000 shp)
2 Babcock & Wilcox boilers

Bunkerage
2000 tons

Range
12,000 nautical miles
22,000 km

Patients 800

The Havens were completed in 1945. They were Maritime Commission C4-S-BB2 hulls converted to hospital ships.

Tranquillity arrived 6/14/45

Haven arrived 6/21/45

Benevolence arrived 6/24/45

Repose arrived 7/15/45

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