From Wikipedia.
This is the ship that carried Leon D. Robinson to the navy hospital at New York City after he was wounded at Vera Cruz.
Hospital ship used in the Spanish-American War and World War I. Commissioned in 1898. returned the wounded and ill to the United States from Cuba during the Spanish-American War From 1909-1921, served with the Atlantic Fleet.
There is a postcard of the USS Solace during the Mexican Revolution while at Vera Cruz.
This was not the USS Solace (AH-5) that was at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. This ship was commissioned from 1941-1946.
--Cooter
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Saturday, November 7, 2015
Friday, November 6, 2015
Sycamore's Leon D. Robinson, Wounded at Vera Cruz in 1914
I looked up Leon D. Robinson, whom I wrote about yesterday. I was unable to find out where he was buried, but did come across two listings of him as one of the wounded in the U.S. Naval operations against Mexico at Vera Cruz in 1914.
The U.S. Navy Standard Publications listed him in "Names of Officers and Enlisted Men of the Navy and Marine Corps Killed or Wounded in Operations at Vera Cruz, Mexico, April 21, 22, 23, 1914."
LEON D. ROBINSON, seaman USS Vermont, right shoulder, will remove bullet; condition favorable. Home address: Sycamore, Illinois.
Another source mentions that he was transferred to the USS Solace, later to naval hospital, M.Y. Disposition-- on duty.
The USS Vermont (BB-20) was a battleship.
--Cooter
The U.S. Navy Standard Publications listed him in "Names of Officers and Enlisted Men of the Navy and Marine Corps Killed or Wounded in Operations at Vera Cruz, Mexico, April 21, 22, 23, 1914."
LEON D. ROBINSON, seaman USS Vermont, right shoulder, will remove bullet; condition favorable. Home address: Sycamore, Illinois.
Another source mentions that he was transferred to the USS Solace, later to naval hospital, M.Y. Disposition-- on duty.
The USS Vermont (BB-20) was a battleship.
--Cooter
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
USS Solace AH-5
The previous article mentioned that Ralph Laedtke had been on the USS Solace at Pearl Harbor. I have never heard of this ship so went to good old Wikipedia.
The USS Solace, AH-5, was the second hospital ship to carry that name. It was built as the passenger liner SS Iroquois at Newport News, Va., and was bought by the US Navy July 22, 1940, and converted into a hospital ship.
It was at Pearl Harbor December 7, 1941, and immediately sent launches to the stricken Arizona, rescuing wounded men from the ship and pulling those in the oil-covered and burning water to safety. Boats also assisted the West Virginia and Oklahoma.
Stats: 409 feet long, 62 feet beam, 18 knots, could handle 418 patients at a time and had a crew of 466.
It participated in the battles of the Pacific and handles over 25,000 patients, 70% of them wounded, possibly a record for a hospital ship.
When the war ended, it took part in Operation Magic Carpet to bring the troops back home.
The Day of Infamy.
The USS Solace, AH-5, was the second hospital ship to carry that name. It was built as the passenger liner SS Iroquois at Newport News, Va., and was bought by the US Navy July 22, 1940, and converted into a hospital ship.
It was at Pearl Harbor December 7, 1941, and immediately sent launches to the stricken Arizona, rescuing wounded men from the ship and pulling those in the oil-covered and burning water to safety. Boats also assisted the West Virginia and Oklahoma.
Stats: 409 feet long, 62 feet beam, 18 knots, could handle 418 patients at a time and had a crew of 466.
It participated in the battles of the Pacific and handles over 25,000 patients, 70% of them wounded, possibly a record for a hospital ship.
When the war ended, it took part in Operation Magic Carpet to bring the troops back home.
The Day of Infamy.
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