Photo #: NH 98695
Ernest Hinds (U.S. Army Hospital Ship, ex-transport,
1942)
Halftone reproduction of a photograph taken circa 1944-1945.
Built in 1918, this ship had also served in the Navy as USS Santa
Teresa (ID # 3804) and USS Kent (AP-28). She became
the U.S. Army transport Ernest Hinds in 1942 and was converted
to a hospital ship in 1943-1944.
Copied from the book "Troopships of World War II",
by Roland W. Charles.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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