SS Hope

SS Hope

History
United States
Builder	Sun Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company at Chester, Pennsylvania
Acquired	1958
In service	1960
Out of service	1974
General characteristics
Class and type	Template:Sclass-
Displacement	11,141 tons (light) 15,000 tons (full load)
Length	520 ft (160 m)
Beam	71 ft 6 in (21.79 m)
Draft	24 ft (7.3 m)
Propulsion	Geared turbine engines, single screw
Speed	18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)

SS Hope was a hospital ship operated by Project HOPE (USA).

Hope was originally built as a US Navy hospital ship, USS Consolation (AH-15). Consolation was donated to Project Hope in 1958, and served from 1960 until 1974, when she was retired. Hope was not replaced, and Project HOPE emphasis switched entirely to land-based operations.

Features

One special piece of equipment was a machine called the Iron Cow. Using distilled seawater, combined with milk solids and butterfat, it was capable of turning out 2500 gallons of milk daily.

Works about Hope

• Walsh, William B. (1964). A Ship called Hope. Dutton. OCLC 1374141.
• Walsh, William B. (1966). Yanqui, come back! The story of Hope in Peru. Dutton. OCLC 881451. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |authormask= ignored (|author-mask= suggested) (help)
• Walsh, William B. (1970). Hope in the East: the mission to Ceylon. Dutton. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |authormask= ignored (|author-mask= suggested) (help)
• Walsh, William B.; Meltzer, Richard S; Lucey, Dennis (1974). Medicine and the satellite: a description of the 1973 satellite experiments aboard the S.S. Hope. Project Hope. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |authormask= ignored (|author-mask= suggested) (help)
• Rheinstein, Fred (director); Bellamy, Ralph. Title unknown (Documentary film). NBC.