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John Currin (JC) posted USS SOLACE 1898 https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-aL9IxtbXipM/VyV4gV1oWzI/AAAAAAAAL8o/SCJC6zpRCbU0S3jw7AwPpaePYh3rkvK0g/AA%2Boo%2BSOLACE%2B1898%2B%25282%2529.jpg?imgmax=1024 The first USS Solace (AH-2) was a hospital ship in the United States Navy.Solace was built in 1896 and 1897 by the Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Co., Newport News, Virginia, and was operated as the SS Creole by the Cromwell Steamship Lines. The ship was acquired by the United States… on https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/115825952045606932363/communities/103957417019711849907

John Currin (JC) posted USS SOLACE 1898 https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-k0znLYaZ1oc/VyV4mr2H–I/AAAAAAAAL88/GXK_31N0hl8R0WYAiofL7dck8XHqmqGQw/AA%2Boo%2BSOLACE%2B%25282%2529.jpg?imgmax=1024 The first USS Solace (AH-2) was a hospital ship in the United States Navy.Solace was built in 1896 and 1897 by the Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Co., Newport News, Virginia, and was operated as the SS Creole by the Cromwell Steamship Lines. The ship was acquired by the United States… on https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/115825952045606932363/communities/103957417019711849907

John Currin (JC) posted USS SEGUNDO – Mare Island – 1955 https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-jByQbQKu5eM/VyV5Q6_9WII/AAAAAAAAL9k/xUoGYchSBa8wUR61zGGJZUmDnStdtW-oQ/AA%2Boo%2BSEGUNDO%2Bmare%2Bis%2B1955.jpg?imgmax=1024 USS Segundo (SS-398) was a Balao-class submarine, of the United States Navy named for the segundo, a cavalla fish of Caribbean waters.Segundo was laid down on 14 October 1943 by the Portsmouth Navy Yard in Kittery, Maine; launched on 5 February 1944; sponsored by Mrs. John L. Sullivan; and… on https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/115825952045606932363/communities/103957417019711849907

John Currin (JC) posted SS KAROOLA – Australia's first hospital ship https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-YYtiW_n_sqA/VyV7L7K0b8I/AAAAAAAAL-U/R_EH5ypFPboH5v69NytVgQqd4J_Vf8-HQ/AA%2BOO%2BSS%2BKAROOLA.2.jpg?imgmax=1024 SS KAROOLA – Australia's first hospital ship

 

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John Currin (JC) posted RFA Tidespring – '73 https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-GY5fJLTp9A4/VyV7o4uXL6I/AAAAAAAAL-w/WGmEr7DjDDAjSL5yJVLALZp4ehttBJjmA/AA%2Boo%2BRFA%2BTidespring73.jpg?imgmax=1024 RFA Tidespring (A75) was a Tide-class replenishment oiler of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary. As a replenishment oiler, her main purpose was to refuel other ships. The ship had a long career in the RFA, entering service in the early 1960s, and finally being decommissioned in 1991.Tidespring took part… on https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/115825952045606932363/communities/103957417019711849907