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Drivers of the First Aid Nursing Yeomanry (FANY) 1941



 
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American United States Army Hospital Ship USAHS Ernestine Koranda

1- WW-II Army Hospital Ship, named after a U.S. Army Nurse who was killed in New Guinea during 1943. Army Hospital Ships were operated by the Army Transport Service, which was taken over by the Navy in 1950, after the War Department and Navy Department were merged to form the Department of Defense. The old Army Transport Service is now known as the Military Sealift Command.



2- Laid down 5 June 1918 as Eddelyn by Sun Shipbuilding Co., Chester, PA
Launched 4 January 1919
Delivered 15 July 1919
Acquired by the Navy 18 July 1919 and commissioned USS Eddelyn the same day at Philadelphia, PA
Decommissioned 4 September 1919
Struck from the Navy Register and transferred to the War Department 12 September 1919 as USAT Eddelyn
Acquired by the Luckenbach Steamship Co. in 1932 and renamed Dorothy Luckenbach
Acquired by the Army in 1944 and renamed USAHS Ernestine Koranda
Transferred to the Department of Commerce in 1950 and renamed Dorothy Luckenbach
Broken up in 1957 at Learner Co. of San Francisco, CA.








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English - Auxiliary Territorial Service ATS BELFAST Chass H Halliday



 
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