Rose City
USNS Comfort T-AH-20


Type:
Tanker
Hospital Ship

Class:
San Clemente
Mercy

Builder:
National Steel & Shipbuilding Co.
San Diego, Ca.

Hull Number:
T-AH-20
Ordered:
June 1, 1973
Commissioned:
N/A
Keel Laid:
May 1, 1975
Decommissioned:
N/A
Launched:
February 1, 1976
Stricken:
N/A
Fate:
Converted in 1985 into a Hospital Ship.
Active with Military Sealift Command.


Dimensions, Machinery and Performance

Length:
894'
Engines:
2 x GE Turbines
Beam:
105' 7"
Boilers:
2
Draft:
33"
Shafts:
1
Displacement:
24,712 std
69,360 full
SHP:
24,500 (18.3 MW)
Speed:
17.5 knots
Crew:
61 Civilian
Range:
N/A
259 Navy support staff
Beds:
1,000
956 Navy medical staff




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