18.04.2013 Views

Versão digital - Museu de Angra do Heroísmo

Versão digital - Museu de Angra do Heroísmo

Versão digital - Museu de Angra do Heroísmo

SHOW MORE
SHOW LESS

You also want an ePaper? Increase the reach of your titles

YUMPU automatically turns print PDFs into web optimized ePapers that Google loves.

NAVIO HOSPITAL HAVEN<br />

MAH R.1993.813<br />

NAVIO HOSPITAL HAVEN<br />

O “USS Haven”, um navio-hospital <strong>de</strong> 11.141 toneladas, foi construí<strong>do</strong> em 1944 na<br />

Pensilvânia, EUA, e adquiri<strong>do</strong> pela US Navy.<br />

Participou na II Guerra Mundial, com <strong>de</strong>staque para a sua estadia em Nagasaki, Japão,<br />

on<strong>de</strong> recebeu um grupo <strong>de</strong> ex-prisioneiros <strong>de</strong> guerra, alguns <strong>do</strong>s quais sofriam <strong>do</strong>s efeitos<br />

da explosão atómica ali verificada. Durante algum tempo, o “Haven” levou a cabo<br />

missões <strong>de</strong> rotina mas foi imobiliza<strong>do</strong> em 1947 em S. Diego.<br />

Em Setembro <strong>de</strong> 1950, após a colisão e afundamento <strong>do</strong> seu navio irmão, o “USS<br />

Benevolence”, o “Haven” voltou ao serviço para respon<strong>de</strong>r à gran<strong>de</strong> necessida<strong>de</strong> <strong>de</strong><br />

navios-hospital durante a Guerra da Coreia. Depois <strong>de</strong> apoiar a frota <strong>do</strong> Pacífico, com<br />

base na Califórnia, o “Haven” foi <strong>de</strong>smobiliza<strong>do</strong> em 1957. Permaneceu em Long Beach,<br />

funcionan<strong>do</strong> como hospital flutuante até ser excluí<strong>do</strong> da lista da US Navy em 1967.<br />

Finalmente, o “Haven” foi vendi<strong>do</strong> pela Administração Marítima em 1968, aumenta<strong>do</strong><br />

em 145 pés <strong>de</strong> comprimento e converti<strong>do</strong> no transporte químico “Clen<strong>de</strong>nin”.<br />

Rebaptiza<strong>do</strong> “Alaskan” após nova reconversão, serviu na empresa Union Carbi<strong>de</strong><br />

Corporation, até ser <strong>de</strong>smantela<strong>do</strong> em 1987.<br />

página | 10<br />

HOSPITAL SHIP “HAVEN”<br />

The USS Haven, a 11,141-ton hospital ship, was built in 1944 at Chester,<br />

Pennsylvania and acquired by the US Navy. She then sailed to Nagasaki,<br />

Japan, where in September she received on board a group of Allied exprisoners<br />

of war, some of whom were suffering from the effects of the<br />

atomic blast there. For some time Haven resumed duties as a regular<br />

hospital ship, but was <strong>de</strong>commissioned at San Diego in 1947.<br />

In September 1950, following the sinking in a collision of her sister, USS<br />

Benevolence, Haven recommissioned to help respond to the great need for<br />

hospital ships during the Korean War. After supporting the Pacific Fleet in<br />

California during 1955 and 1956, Haven <strong>de</strong>commissioned at Long Beach in<br />

June 1957. She remained there as a stationary floating hospital until stricken<br />

from the Navy List in March 1967.<br />

Haven was sold by the Maritime Administration in 1968, lengthened by 145<br />

ft. and converted into the chemical carrier Clen<strong>de</strong>nin. Renamed Alaskan<br />

upon completion of conversion, she served the Union Carbi<strong>de</strong> Corporation<br />

until scrapped in 1987.

Hooray! Your file is uploaded and ready to be published.

Saved successfully!

Ooh no, something went wrong!