Elevated starboard quarter view of a San Clemente class tanker being converted to a T-AH 19 class hospital ship by National Steel and Shipbuilding Company. The ship, to be named MERCY (T-AH 19), seen here at 80 percent completion, will be assigned to the Military Sealift Command and will be operated by a civilian crew. The hospital will be operated by the Naval Medical Command. A starboard quarter view of the amphibious assault ship USS TRIPOLI (LPH 10) is seen in the background
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: San Diego
State: California (CA)
Country: United States Of America (USA)
Scene Camera Operator: National Steel & Shipbuilding Co
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
14/10/1985
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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