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USAHS Relief This photo may show the ship circa early July 1898 just after conversion to a U.S. Army Hospital Ship. The conversion was carried out by the Morgan Iron Works of New York under the supervision of a Naval Constructor from the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Photo No. 19-N-28-5-7 Source: U.S. National Archives, RG-19-A-1 |
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USAHS Relief Off Cuba in 1898 during the Spanish American War. The photo bears a number from the Army Signal Corps. Photo No. SC-84994 Source: U.S. National Archives, RG-19-N box 28 |
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USAHS Relief Arriving on 2 August 1899 in San Francisco Bay with 300 wounded soldiers from Manila on board. The San Francisco tug Fearless is assisting. On arrival local inspectors refused to grant this former coastal steamer a license for more trans-Pacific voyages carrying passengers because her deckhouses were "very high and not sufficiently fastened to the main deck." Photo No. NH 43664 Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command |
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USS Relief (1902-1922) This post card may show the ship after reactivation in 1908 at the Mare Island Navy Yard. The Navy made no use of her between her transfer from the Army in November 1902 and her reactivation in support of the Great White Fleet in 1908. Photo No. None Source: Shipscribe |
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USS Relief (1902-1922) Serving as a floating dispensary at Olongapo, Philippine Islands after 1908. She was immobilized and her smokestack was removed after she was badly damaged in a storm during an attempted return to the United States in November 1908. The flag on her stern may mean she is still in commission, dating the photo to 1908-1910. Photo No. NH 71580 Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command |
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USS Relief (1902-1922) Serving as a floating dispensary at Olongapo, Philippine Islands circa 1914-1916. She is no longer in commission. Photo No. NH 105299 Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command |
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