ACADIA 

 

BUILT:  1932  BEAM:  61'  DRAFT:  22'-6" 
LENGTH:  402'-11"   CARGO [cu ft]:     PASS [troop ship]: 1,635    
PROPULSION: Turbine   RADIUS [miles]: 8,000 TONS:  6,185
TYPE:   SPEED [knots]:  17 DEPENDENTS TO JAPAN: ?

Converted to hospital ship in 1943 -- 603 ambulatory and 460 bed patients.

Converted again at Ft Mason in 1946 to carry 330 "dependents", and or 700 troops.

 

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