TAH-19 Mercy

Country:  United States

Class, [Type]: Mercy, [AH].

Builder: National Steel & Shipbuilding Co., San Diego, California, U.S.A.

Launch date: 01 July 1975.

Commission date: 08 November 1986.

Displacement ( tons ): 65.552.

Dimensions ( metres ): 272,49 x 32,23 x 9,98

Main machinery: 2 x Foster Wheeler boilers, 2 x General Electric steam turbines ( 24.500 hp ), 1 x propeller.

Speed ( knots ): 17.

Range ( miles ): 13.420 at 17 knots.

Complement: Reduced Operational Status: 12 civilian + 58 military; Active Status: 61 civilian + 1.214 military.

Guns: No offensive capacity, some self-defense weapons are available.

Military lift: Fuel: 5.445 tm; Fresh water: 1.525 tm; Patients: 1000 beds.

Helicopter: Has an helicopter landing deck and flight control facilities.

Callsign: NMER ()

Comment: Ex - SS Worth (MA-299), originally a San Clemente class oil tanker and converted to hospital ship by the same company that built her. Switching between reduced operational status and full operating status is only five days. According to the Geneva Conventions attacking this ship is considered a war crime.

Homeport: San Diego.

Awards (as of 26/03/2020): 

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