USS Relief

USS Relief

Six ships in the United States Navy have been named USS "Relief".

*, a store ship, launched in 1836. She served intermittently until 1877 and was sold in 1883.
*, a hospital ship with the Great White Fleet. She was commissioned in 1909. Her name was changed to "Repose" in 1918 to make way for her successor (AH-1) and was then sold in 1919.
*, purchased in 1917 and used as a lookout station tender in Maine. She was sold in 1921.
*, a salvage tug, in commission from 1918 to 1919.
*, a light vessel built in 1904 for the United States Lighthouse Service and acquired by the Navy in 1918. She was returned to the Lighthouse Service in 1919.
*, designed from the keel up as a hospital ship and commissioned in 1920. She served through World War II and decommissioned in 1946.

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