U.S. Army Hospital Ship "Relief"

Abstract

The Hospital Ship Relief served the U.S. Army and Navy in four wars on two oceans: the Spanish-American War (1898-1899), the Philippine Insurrection (1899-1904), the Boxer Uprising (China, 1900), and as a stationary hospital ship in World War I. From 1898 to 1902, she was United States Army Hospital Ship (USAHS) Relief; in 1902, she was transferred to the Navy and became USS Relief.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2015
Accession Number
AD1067797

Entities

People

  • Steven W. Hill

Organizations

  • National Museum of Health and Medicine

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Biomedical Research
  • Civil War
  • Health Services
  • High Voltage
  • Hospitals
  • Infection
  • Insurgency
  • Medical Personnel
  • Military Medicine
  • New York
  • Passengers
  • United States
  • War
  • Wound Infections
  • X Ray Tubes
  • X Rays

Readers

  • Marine Hydrodynamics
  • Medical or Health Care Field.
  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.