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Contributed by Tommy Trampp

USS Tranquillity (AH-14)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Kilo - Delta - Papa NKDP

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1) - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)

Haven Class Hospital Ship

Laid down, 20 August 1943, as SS Marine Dolphin, a Maritime Commission type (C4-S-B2) hull under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 745) at Sun Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Chester, PA.

Launched, 25 July 1944

Acquired by the Navy from the Maritime Commission, 14 August 1944

Converted to a Hospital Ship at Atlantic Basin Iron Works, Brooklyn, N.Y.

Commissioned USS Tranquillity (AH-14), 24 April 1945, CAPT. Merritt D. Mullen, SR., USNR, in command

During World War II USS Tranquillity was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the:

Campaign and Dates
Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
3rd Fleet operations against Japan, 11 to 25 August 1945

Reclassified as an Evacuation Transport (APH-114), 3 November 1945

Classification reverted Hospital Ship (AH-14), 25 March 1946

Decommissioned, 16 July 1946

Laid up in the Reserve Fleet, at Philadelphia, PA.

Struck from the Naval Register, 1 September 1961

USS Tranquillity earned one battle star for World War II service

Delivered to the National Defense Reserve Fleet, James River Group, 6 March 1961

Permanent custody transferred to the Maritime Administration, 1 September 1962

Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 15 July 1974, to Northern Metal Co., Division of North James River Associates for $58,300.00 (PD-X-395 dated 5 June 1947) Withdrawn from the Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet and delivered to Northern Metals, 5 August 1974

Specifications:
Displacement 11,141t.(lt) 15,400 t.(fl)
Length 520'
Beam 71' 6"
Draft 24'
Speed 17.5 kts (trial)
Armament none

Complement

Officers 70

Enlisted 498

Patient Accommodations 800

Largest Boom Capacity 10 t.

Fuel Capacities

NSFO 13,170 Bbls

Diesel 280 Bbls

Propulsion

one General Electric combination HP/LP 600 PSI steam turbine

Babcock and Wilcox header-type boilers, 450psi 745°

double Falk Main Reduction Gear

Ship's Service Generators

three turbo-drive 500Kw 450V A.C.

three turbo-drive 300Kw 120V/240V D.C.

single propeller 9,000shp

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Source
	586k	Invitation to the commissioning ceremony of *USS Tranquillity* (AH-14)** at Atlantic Basin Iron Works, Brooklyn, N.Y., 24 April 1945.	Michael Jerger for his father Steven N. Jerger USS Tranquility
	127k	*USS Tranquillity* (AH-14) at her conversion yard, Atlantic Basin Iron Works, Brooklyn, N.Y. while a group of nurses assigned to the ship look upon their new home. Tranquillity** was the first of six 15,0000 ton US Navy hospital ships to be converted from Maritime Commission C-4 hulls at shipyards in the New York Area. Known as the HAVEN class, these vessels are completely air conditioned and provide medical facilities equal to those of a modern shore hospital. US National Archives photo # 80-G-313029 a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives.	Robert Hurst and CAPT Jerry Mason, USN
	251k	*USS Tranquillity* (AH-14)** moored pierside Brooklyn, Navy Yard, circa 1944-45	Michael Jerger for his father Steven N. Jerger USS Tranquility
	590k	Exploded view of the *USS Tranquillity* (Haven Class AH-12 to 17)** - Compartment & Access Diagram by J.M. Hobson, PHM/3c. (USS Tranquility BUMED 16-0020-004	Michael Rhode Archivist / Curator US Navy BUMED Communications Directorate (M09B7) Office of Medical History
	330k	*USS Tranquillity* (AH-14)** variety show enroute from Guam to San Francisco, circa 1945	Michael Jerger for his father Steven N. Jerger USS Tranquility
	123k	*USS Tranquillity* (AH-14)** under way, date and location unknown. US Navy photo	CAPT Jerry Mason, USN
	92k	*USS Tranquillity* (AH-14)** under way off New York, circa April-May 1945 US Navy photo # NH 92946 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center, Courtesy USNI collection of James C Fahey.	US Naval History and Heritage Command
	74k	*USS Tranquillity* (AH-14)** under way near the New York Navy Yard, 29 April 1945. Her standard World War II hospital ship markings consist of a horizontal green band with a single relatively small red cross in the middle of each side. US National Archives, RG-19-LCM, Photo No. 19-N-82067, a US Navy Bureau of Ships photo now in the collections of the US National Archives, courtesy Shipscribe.com.	Mike Green
	64k	*USS Tranquillity* (AH-14)** off New York Navy Yard, 29 April 1945 US Navy photo # NH 92947 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center, Courtesy USNI collection of James C Fahey	US Naval History and Heritage Command
	66k	*USS Tranquillity* (AH-14)** under way off New York, 30 April 1945 US Navy photo # NH 92948 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center, Courtesy USNI collection of James C Fahey	US Naval History and Heritage Command
	471k	*USS Tranquillity* (AH-14)** near New York Navy Yard, 30 April 1945. BUMED 16-0020-003.	Michael Rhode Archivist / Curator US Navy BUMED Communications Directorate (M09B7) Office of Medical History
	158k	Undated photo of *USS Tranquillity* (AH-14)**'s senior officers. CAPT. Merritt D. Mullen, commanding; LT. Sylvia Koller, chief nurse and CAPT. W. Hogan Bartholomew, senior medical officer. US National Archives photo # 80-G-313028, from "Hospital Ships of World War II: An Illustrated Reference" by Emory A. Massman.	Robert Hurst
	86k	*USS Tranquillity* (AH-14) at Guam with USS Indianapolis (CA-35)*, survivors, 8 August 1945. US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # 80-K-5979*	US Naval History and Heritage Command
	89k	*USS Tranquillity* (AH-14) at Guam with USS Indianapolis (CA-35) survivors, 8 August 1945. Note bow of USS Steele (DE-8)** visible in foreground. US Navy photo # K 5987 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center.	US Naval History and Heritage Command
	120k	*USS Tranquillity* (AH-14) moored pierside at Guam while unloading USS Indianapolis (CA-35)** survivors, 8 August 1945. US National Archives photo #'s K 5986 and 80-GK-5986 US Navy photos now in the collections of the US National Archives	US Naval History and Heritage Command Tommy Trampp
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	551k	*USS Tranquillity* (AH-14)** under way, 19 February 1946, location unknown. US National Archives Photo # USN 1022829 a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives.	Michael Rhode Archivist / Curator US Navy BUMED Communications Directorate (M09B7) Office of Medical History
	154k	Undated aerial views of *USS Tranquillity* (AH-14) and USS Sanctuary (AH-17)** moored together in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet at the Philadelphia Navy Yard. Note the unidentified CVLs and CVEs, also part of the Atlantic Reserve Fleet. Life Magazine Archives - Andreas Feininger Photographer, shared by Peter DeForest	Mike Green
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	138k	Reserve Fleet Basin, Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, Pennsylvania. Photographed on 19 May 1955 with numerous cruisers, escort carriers, and auxiliaries in reserve. The nearest ship is the never-completed Hawaii (CB-3), which lacks her previously-installed three 12" gun turrets. The cruisers outboard of *Hawaii* are (in unknown order) Honolulu (CL-48), Columbia (CL-56), Denver (CL-58), Galveston (CL-93), and Portsmouth (CL-102). To their left are Tranquility (AH-14), Sanctuary (AH-17), and Pocono (AGC-16). Behind *Hawaii* (from left to right) are Montpelier (CL-57), Houston (CL-81), Huntington (CL-107), Savannah (CL-42), Cleveland (CL-55), and Wilkes-Barre (CL-103). Beyond them (from left to right) are Wichita (CA-45), Oregon City (CA-122), Chester (CA-27), and New Orleans (CA-32). The cruisers on the left side of the basin (from front to rear) are Minneapolis (CA-36), Tuscaloosa (CA-37), San Francisco (CA-38), Augusta (CA-31), Louisville (CA-28), and Portland (CA-33). Among the other ships in reserve in the basin are Fomalhaut (AE-20), Webster (ARV-2), Albemarle (AV-5), Tangier (AV-8), Pocomoke (AV-9), Chandeleur (AV-10), Abatan (AW-4), Mission San Carlos (AO-120), Prince William (CVE-31), Anzio (CVE-57), Block Island (CVE-106), Palau (CVE-122), and San Carlos (AVP-51). Moored in the shipyard at the extreme left are Tennessee (BB-43), California (BB-44), and Cabot (CVL-28). US Navy Photo # 80-G-668655, now in the collections of the US National Archives.	Robert Hurst

For more photos and information about USS Tranquility see;
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)
Russo Medical Series Paintings and Miscellaneous
Stephen N. Jerger Photos and Drawings Collection
Welcome Aboard booklet
Historical Supplement to the Annual Sanitary Report Cumulative Report for Period of World War II

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log

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