USAHS Acadia
Acadia in civilian service | |
| History | |
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| United States | |
| Name | Acadia |
| Owner | Eastern Steamship Lines |
| Port of registry | Boston |
| Builder | Newport News Shipbuilding, Newport News, Virginia |
| Laid down | 31 August 1931 |
| Launched | 13 February 1932 |
| Completed | Delivered 7 June 1932 |
| Out of service | 8 October 1941 |
| Identification |
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| Fate | Chartered to US Maritime Commission 1941 |
| Notes |
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| United States | |
| Name | USAT Acadia |
| In service | 29 April 1942 |
| Fate | Converted to hospital ship 1943 |
| Notes | Troop transport and ambulance ship |
| United States | |
| Name | USAHS Acadia |
| Decommissioned | 7 February 1946 |
| In service | 5 June 1943 |
| Out of service | 15 February 1947 |
| Fate | Returned to owners 1947, sold to Belgian buyers May, 1955 |
| Notes | Transport service 1946–47 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement | 6,811 |
| Length |
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| Beam | 61.2 ft (18.7 m) |
| Depth | 29.0 ft (8.8 m) |
| Decks | 3 |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 16 knots (30 km/h) |
| Sensors & processing systems |
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USAHS Acadia was the first United States Army Hospital Ship in World War II. Built in 1932 by Newport News Shipbuilding as a civilian passenger/cargo ocean liner for the Eastern Steamship Lines, the ship was in US coastal and Caribbean service prior to its acquisition by the US Maritime Administration in 1941.