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USAT Saturnia
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USAHS Frances Y. Slanger (1944 - 1945)

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Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal

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Final Disposition, scrapped in 1965

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Specifications:

Displacement

Frances Y. Slanger, 19,637 gross tons

Saturnia, 24,469

Length 631.3'

Beam 79.6'

Draft

Frances Y. Slanger, 28.9'

Saturnia, 29'

Speed 19 kts.

Cruise Radius 12,000 nm.

Military Component

235th Hospital Ship Complement (HSC), 400, Col. Gilbert Saynes in command

Patients Francis Y. Slanger, 1,618

Passengers Saturnia, 3,714

Cargo Capacity Saturnia, 156,430 cu ft

Fuel Capacities unknown

Propulsion

twin Diesel engines

two propellers

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Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Source
Italian Line
	848k	MV Saturnia underway, date and location unknown.
30080806 LOC 22371	1612k	The Italian passenger liner MV Saturnia passing through the Suez Canal in a convoy of Italian troop ships, September 1935. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C., Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-matpc-22371 and 22336 - G. Eric and Edith Matson Photograph Collection, American Colony (Jerusalem). Photo Department. Matson Collection.		Robert Hurst
30080808 LOC 22336	1404k
30080809	212k	MV Saturnia brochure by Argio Orell, between 1900 and 1942. This is a faithful photographic reproduction of a two-dimensional, public domain work of art. The work of art itself is in the public domain for the following reason: This work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 70 years or fewer. This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1931. The official position taken by the Wikimedia Foundation is that "faithful reproductions of two-dimensional public domain works of art are public domain". This photographic reproduction is therefore also considered to be in the public domain in the United States.		Robert Hurst
HMHS Saturnia
30080807	124k	Ex-Italian passenger liner MV Saturnia in Royal Navy Service as HMHS Saturnia, location unknown, September-October 1943. Saturnia was engaged in repatriation of Italian civilians from East Africa under the Red Cross. War Office official photographer, Lieutenant G.W. Dallison. This photograph GM 541 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums. This image was created and released by the Imperial War Museum on the IWM Non Commercial Licence. Photographs taken, or artworks created, by a member of the forces during their active service duties are covered by Crown Copyright provisions. Faithful reproductions may be reused under that license, which is considered expired 50 years after their creation.		Robert Hurst
USAHS Frances Y. Slanger
30080804	121k	Namesake Frances Y. Slanger (1913 – October 21, 1944) was an American military nurse of Polish Jewish birth. The only American nurse to die due to enemy fire in the European theatre of World War II, she gained posthumous recognition for a letter she had written regarding the sacrifices of American soldiers which was published as an editorial in the military newspaper Stars and Stripes. (Source: Wikipedia) Photo - Oil painting of Frances Slanger, by Joseph Fine, 1998 (Source: NMAJMH) National Museum of American Jewish Military History		Tommy Trampp
	77k	USAHS Frances Y. Slanger moored pierside at New York Port of Embarkation, Brooklyn, 1945. US Army Signal Corps photo.
30080803	379k	USAHS Frances Y. Slanger underway, date and location unknown. National Museum of American Jewish Military History		Tommy Trampp
USAT Saturnia
30080805	133k	USAT Saturnia arrives at Le Havre, France, 19 May 1946, from the United states with with “WACs”, Air Force personnel, re-enlistees, and replacements who will be assigned to duty in Europe. US Army Signal Corps photo # SC 240683 from US Naval History and Heritage Command.		John Spivey

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USAT Saturnia and USAHS Frances Y. Slanger histories are from "Troopships of World War II", by Roland W. Charles, Published by The Army Transportation Association, Washington, D.C., 1947

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Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
Maritime Timetable Images - Frances Y Slanger
Maritime Timetable Images - Saturnia

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