USS Benevolence (Ah-13) (Paperback)

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Benevolence (AH-13) was built as SS Marine Lion in 1944 by Sun Shipbuilding and Dry Dock co., Chester, Pa., under a Maritime Commission contract. 11,141 tons. 520 x 71.6 x 24. 24 knots. Sponsored by Mrs. Daisy Unter; transferred to the Navy 31 July 1944; converted to a hospital ship by Todd-Erie Basin Shipyard, Inc., Brooklyn, N.Y.; and commissioned 12 May 1945. CAPT C. C. Laws in command. With a bed capacity of 802 and a complement of 564, the Benevolence departed for the Pacific on 27 July 1945 to provide hospital services, consultation, preventative medicine, and casualty evacuation. Receiving battle casualties from the 3rd Fleet during Campaigns against Japan.