USS Comfort (AH-6)

USS Comfort arrives at Hollandia, February 1945
History
United States
Builder	Bethlehem Steel Company, San Pedro, Los Angeles
Launched	18 March 1943[1]
Commissioned	5 May 1944[1]
Decommissioned	19 April 1946[1]
Notes	Transferred to the United States Army 19 April 1946[1]
General characteristics
Displacement	6,000 tons[1]
Length	417 ft 9 in (127.33 m)[1]
Beam	60 ft (18 m)[1]
Draught	27 ft 8 in (8.43 m)[1]
Speed	14 kts
Complement	233[1]

The second USS Comfort (AH-6) was launched 18 March 1943 by Consolidated Steel Corporation, Wilmington, Los Angeles, under a Maritime Commission contract; sponsored by First Lieutenant E. Hatchitt, USAMC; transferred to the Navy the same day; converted to a hospital ship by Bethlehem Steel Co., San Pedro, Calif.; and commissioned 5 May 1944.^[1]