USS Haven (AH-12)
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| History | |
|---|---|
| Name | USS Haven (AH-12) |
| Owner | US Navy |
| Builder | Sun Shipbuilding & Drydock Co, Chester, Pennsylvania |
| Launched | 24 Jun 1944 |
| In service | 5 May 1945 |
| In service | 15 Sep 1950 |
| Reclassified | APH-112, June–October 1946 |
| Fate | scrapped 1987 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Hospital ship |
| Tonnage | 11,141 tons |
| Length | 158.5m |
| Beam | 21.79m |
| Depth | 7.3m draft |
| Propulsion | single screw geared tubine |
| Speed | 17.5 knots (32km/h) |
| Capacity | 800 patients plus 701 crew |
Contents
Remarks
Originally built as the SS Marine Hawk, she was converted to be a hospital ship. On 11 Aug 1945, just prior to the Japanese surrender, Haven sailed to Okinawa and Nagasaki. She arrived off the destroyed Japanese city on 11 Sep 1945 and brought on board a group of allied ex-prisoners of war, some of them suffering from the effects of the atomic blast.
She later served during the Korean War as a hospital ship, and finished her career as a floating Hospital in Long Beach, California. De-commissioned on 30 Jun 1957. It appears that she was then sold and converted to become a chemical carrier before being scrapped in 1987.
Soldiers carried
Nagasaki to Okinawa 13 - 20 September 1945
Honours & Awards
- American Campaign Medal
- Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal
- World War II Victory Medal
- Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)
- National Defense Service Medal
- Korean Service Medal (9)
- United Nations Service Medal
- Republic of Korea War Service Medal (retroactive)