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|  ONI 222 |
| Tonnage | 8660 tons standard displacement |
| Dimensions | 409' by 63' by 21' 124.7m by 19.2m by 6.4m |
| Maximum speed | 17.5 knots |
| Complement | 600 |
| Machinery |
2-shaft Newport News geared turbine (8500 shp) 3 Foster and Wheeler boilers |
| Bunkerage |
1330 tons |
| Capacity | 466 patients |
The Solace was
completed as the SS Iroquois in
1927. She was purchased by the Navy and commissioned as a hospital ship
in 1941. She was present at Pearl
Harbor,
but her hospital markings were respected and she was left unharmed.
The famous film of the death of Arizona was taken from her decks.
References
NavSource.Org (accessed 2007-3-12)
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