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Photo # NH 98757:  USAHS Dogwood at San Francisco in late 1945 or early 1946

Online Library of Selected Images:
-- SHIPS of the UNITED STATES ARMY --

USAHS Dogwood (Hospital Ship, 1944-46).
Later the Army Transport George Washington Carver (1946)

The U.S. Army Hospital Ship Dogwood (of 7933 gross tons), built in Richmond, California, entered mercantile service upon completion in May 1943 as the Liberty ship George Washington Carver. Delivered to the Army in November 1943, she was converted to a Hague Convention hospital ship in 1943-44 and renamed for a flower. Between July 1944 and the spring of 1945, Dogwood made seven trips between the U.S. East Coast and England. Ordered to the Pacific in May 1945, she arrived in the Philippines in late June. After two trips to the Southwest Pacific, she made two voyages from the Philippines to San Francisco, California. Dogwood was decommissioned as a hospital ship at San Francisco in January 1946. Reverting to her original Liberty ship name, she was converted to a transport and carried troops and dependents from Alaska to Seattle. The Army Transport George Washington Carver was decommissioned later in 1946, placed in reserve in March 1947, and sold in January 1964 for scrapping.

This page features all the views we have concerning the U.S. Army Hospital Ship Dogwood and the Army Transport George Washington Carver.


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Photo #: NH 103121

USAHS Dogwood
(U.S. Army Hospital Ship)

Halftone reproduction of a photograph taken circa 1943-1946, while the ship was in service as a U.S. Army Hospital Ship.
Built in 1943 as the "Liberty" Ship George Washington Carver, in 1946 she reverted to that name for use as an Army Transport.

Copied from the book "Troopships of World War II", by Roland W. Charles.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 71KB; 740 x 415 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 98757

USAHS Dogwood


In San Francisco Bay, California, in late 1945 or early 1946.

Donation of Boatswain's Mate First Class Robert G. Tippins, USN (Retired), 2003.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 60KB; 740 x 545 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 103125

USAT George Washington Carver
(U.S. Army Transport)

Halftone reproduction of a photograph taken in 1946.
Built in 1943 as the "Liberty" Ship George Washington Carver, this ship served as the Army Hospital Ship Dogwood from mid-1944 until early 1946. She then reverted to her original name for employment as a transport.

Copied from the book "Troopships of World War II", by Roland W. Charles.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 58KB; 740 x 385 pixels

 


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Page made 27 June 2005
New images added 16 September 2005