M/S Saturnia

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  2. verdenskrig - Tidligere Italiensk passasjerskip. Tatt over av War Shipping Administration / US.Navy, satt inn som hospitalskip tidlig i 1945 - nytt navn - FRANCES Y. SLANGER
  
  ex-Saturnia was an Italian vessel, seized from the Italian Government, and later leased by the Wartime Shipping Administration in 1944, which used the ship and crew for troop transportation between the ZI and the ETO. At the end of 1944, the WD decided to convert to ship into a Hospital Ship. It was officially designated a US Army Hospital Ship by WDGO No. 41 dated 23 May 45. The Francis Y. Slanger had a bed capacity of 1,628 patients and a speed of 19 knots, it left New York P/E on 30 Jun 45 with destination the United Kingdom. After 5 long trips which took her from New York to Southampton and Cherbourg, the ship was taken out of service and decommissioned on 7 Jan 46. Her career was however not over, she was re-converted to a transport ship reverting to her old name ‘USAT Saturnia’ and was used to bring back troops and war brides from Europe to the United States. The ship was returned to the Italian Government late 1946.
  
  
  Maskineri:
  Dieselmotorer, 2S.C.DA , 20 cylindere diam. 29 5/4"- 47 1/4". Maskineri bygget ved Cant. Riuniti dett`Adriatico.
  
  
  Se også:
  https://www.med-dept.com/articles/ww2-hospital-ships/

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