World War II
American Hospital Ships
USS Comfort (AH-6) class
C1-B hulls
A Study in Blueprints
by
Duane D. Borchers, Sr.
BK-140 $75.00 (Foreign,
$105.00)(11"x17", soft cover, 133 pages)
Ships of class: USS Comfort (AH-6), USS Hope (AH-7) and USS Mercy
(AH-8).
LIST of BLUEPRINTS
|
Title |
Shipyard & Vessel |
Date of |
Page |
|
Inboard profile, |
Bethlehem Steel Co. |
Feb. 17, 1945 |
7-8 |
|
Inboard profile, general arrg=t., |
do. |
April 1, 1945 |
9-12 |
|
Lines, |
Consolidated Steel Corp. |
- |
13-16 |
|
Body plan, |
do. |
July 10, 1941 |
17 |
|
Stem, |
do. |
Nov. 10, 1939 |
18 |
|
Midship section, |
do. |
Nov. 14, 1939 |
19-20 |
|
Stern frame, |
do. |
Dec. 18, 1939 |
21-22 |
|
Shell expansion, |
do. |
Feb. 20, 1940 |
22-24 |
|
Sections, 9, 37, 65, 88, 135, 145 & 170, |
Bethlehem Steel Co. |
1945 |
25-26 |
|
Structural key plan, |
do. |
Jan. 11, 1945 |
27-28 |
|
Docking plan, |
do. |
July 24, 1944 |
29-31 |
|
do. |
do. |
Mar. 22, 1945 |
32-35 |
|
Arrangement of main deck, |
do. |
Jan. 13, 1945 |
36-39 |
|
Arrangement of 2nd deck, |
do. |
Mar. 3, 1945 |
40-43 |
|
Arrangement of 2nd deck, |
do. |
Feb. 1, 1945 |
44-47 |
|
Arrangement of 2nd platform, |
do. AH-6, 7 & 8 |
Jan. 12, 1945 |
48-51 |
|
Arrangement of superstructure deck, |
do. |
Mar. 1, 1945 |
52-54 |
|
Arrangement of bridge deck, |
do. |
Feb. 1, 1945 |
55-57 |
|
Arrangement of sun deck & top of houses, |
Bethlehem Steel Co. |
Jan. 12, 1945 |
58-60 |
|
Superstructure scantlings, |
do. |
Feb. 21, 1945 |
61-64 |
|
Details of bulwark extensions to superstructure deck, |
do. |
Jan. 13, 1945 |
65-67 |
|
do. |
do. |
Mar. 9, 1945 |
68-70 |
|
Detail of typical window for wards, main & superstructure decks, |
do. |
July 31, 1943 |
71-72 |
|
Detail of tyical window for wheelhouse, bridge deck, |
do. |
1943 |
73 |
|
Awnings, stanchions & rails, sun deck, for=d., |
do. |
June 30, 1944 |
74-75 |
|
Stairs from 2nd deck to superstructure deck, frames 127-134 on c.l. of ship, |
Cox & Stevens, Inc. |
July 18, 1943 |
76-77 |
|
Arrangement of rails & ladders, |
Bethlehem Steel Co. |
Feb. 23, 1945 |
78-80 |
|
Details of stanchions for cross illumination of floodlights, |
do. |
July 31, 1943 |
81-82 |
|
Arrangement & details of crow=s nest, |
do. |
June 17, 1943 |
83-84 |
|
Arrang3ment & details of main deck & superstructure deck plating, breakwater, |
do. |
July 31, 1943 |
85-88 |
|
Arrangement & details, bridge, sun deck and house top plating, |
do. |
Feb. 31, 1943 |
89-91 |
|
Arrangement & details of bridge deck & sun deck planking, |
do. |
do. |
92-94 |
|
Miscellaneous rigging fittings, |
do. |
Feb. 17, 1945 |
95-98 |
|
Rigging, arrangement, |
do. |
Jan. 24, 1945 |
99-101 |
|
Boat boom & details, |
Bethlehem Steel Co. |
Aug. 19, 1943 |
102-105 |
|
Arrangement & details of boom stowage, |
do. |
Feb. 3, 1945 |
106=107 |
|
Cargo handling plan & foundation for winches, |
do. |
Feb. 26, 1945 |
108-112 |
|
Kingposts & cargo booms, |
do. |
Feb. 10, 1945 |
113-115 |
|
Side ladder, general arrangement, |
do. |
May 30, 1944 |
116-117 |
|
Arrangement & details for handling of accommodation ladders, |
do. |
Mar. 11, 1945 |
118-120 |
|
do. |
do. |
Feb. 21, 1945 |
121-122 |
|
Details of railings & laders, |
do. |
Mar. 9, 1945 |
123-125 |
|
Engine room skylight, |
do. |
Jan. 3, 1945 |
126-127 |
|
Arrangement of ladders & gratings in engine room, sections, |
do. |
Feb. 3, 1945 |
128-129 |
|
Arrangement of ladders & gratings in engine room, elevations, |
do. |
do. |
130-131 |
|
Arrangement of ladders & gratings in engine room, plans, |
do. |
do. |
132-133 |