For other ships with the same name, see USS Kenmore, SS President Garfield, and SS President Madison.
History
United States
Name
1921–1922: Blue Hen State
1922–1940: President Garfield
1940–1942: President Madison
1942–1944: Kenmore
1944–1948: Refuge[2][3]
Operator
American President Lines
Builder
New York Shipbuilding, Camden, New Jersey
Cost
$4,088,274.71[3]
Yard number
hull 250[1]
Launched
23 February 1921 as Blue Hen State
Completed
June 1921
Fate
Sold for scrap 2 February 1948
United States
Name
USS Kenmore (AP-62)
Acquired
11 April 1942
Commissioned
5 August 1942
Decommissioned
16 September 1943
Fate
Converted to hospital ship
United States
Name
USS Refuge (AH-11)
Commissioned
24 February 1944
Decommissioned
2 April 1946
Stricken
8 May 1946
Honours and awards
1 battle star (WWII)
Fate
Sold for scrap, 2 February 1948
General characteristics
Type
Design 1095 ship known commercially as "502" Type
Tonnage
10,501 GRT[2]
Displacement
16,800 long tons (17,070 t)
Length
502 ft 1 in (153.0 m) LBP
522 ft 8 in (159.3 m) LOA
Beam
62 ft (18.9 m)
Draft
26 ft (7.9 m) (limiting)
Propulsion
Reciprocating Engines, Twin Screw
Speed
11.5 knots (21.3 km/h; 13.2 mph)
Capacity
626 patients
Complement
(Navy) 543 officers and enlisted
Armament
None
USS Refuge (AH-11), was a hospital ship of the United States Navy during World War II. The ship was built in 1921 by the New York Shipbuilding Corp., of Camden, New Jersey, as SS Blue Hen State, but was renamed President Garfield in 1923 and then SS President Madison in 1940 for service with American President Lines. Acquired by the Navy from the War Shipping Administration on 11 April 1942 the ship was commissioned as the transport USS Kenmore until conversion to a hospital ship.
^McKellar: Steel Shipbuilding under the U. S. Shipping Board, 1917–1921, Part V.
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