[Milsurplus] Free large WW II transmitter - Not

[Tom Dawson]

This from my wife, Suzanne, who works for Project HOPE:

Mothballed US NAVY Hospital Ship USS CONSOLATION was handed over to Project 
HOPE by Eisenhower Administration ca. 1959 and became  SS HOPE crewed by 
civilians and civilian medical staff.

SS HOPE Made 11 voyages and was later scrapped about 1975.

Ultimately the ship was not cost effective, but Project HOPE continues to 
send medical staff and equipment around the world, and provides some medical 
staff for current NAVY hospital ships on goodwill missions to places like 
the coast of Africa, Post-Tsunami Indonesia.


I'm looking at contacting the owner and finding out where the HOPE 
connection is thought to come from.


73

Tom
WB3AKD




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bob Camp" <ham at cq.nu>
To: "D C *Mac* Macdonald" <k2gkk at hotmail.com>
Cc: "Military Surplus Mail List" <milsurplus at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, January 20, 2008 8:43 PM
Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] Free large WW II transmitter - Not


> Hi
>
> Excellent point. I doubt that the Project Hope ship was still a "USS" 
> after they re-named it.
>
> My guess is that it's a lot more likely candidate for the source of  the 
> radio gear than the ship that was decommissioned in 1946. It's  pretty 
> obvious that the current owners really don't know *what* they  have. I'd 
> bet that it's something they just "found" and now are trying  to move out.
>
> Bob
>
> On Jan 20, 2008, at 7:54 PM, D C *Mac* Macdonald wrote:
>
>>
>> Was the vessel used by Project HOPE named
>> USS Hope _OR_ SS Hope??
>>
>> Mac, K2GKK/5
>> Oklahoma City
>>
>>
>>
>> From: ham at cq.nu
>> To: wf2u at ws19ops.com
>> Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] Free large WW II transmitter - Not
>> Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2008 19:35:00 -0500
>> CC: jfor at quik.com; Milsurplus at mailman.qth.net
>>
>> Hi
>>
>> Different USS Hope
>>
>> http://www.mysanantonio.com/columnists/stories/MYSA062004.1H.burkett.eb6adf5.html
>>
>> Decommissioned in 1973.
>>
>> Bob
>>
>>
>>
>> On Jan 20, 2008, at 7:15 PM, Meir-WF2U wrote:
>>
>> My logic says that if USS Hope was decommissioned in 1946, it's highly
>> unlikely that she was updated with 1950's model radio equipment such
>> as the Mackay Radio MRU 19/20, even if she was still floating in the 
>> 'Ghost
>> Fleet" until her scrapping in 1978.
>>
>> Best examples are the Victory and Liberty ships still in the Ghost 
>> Fleet,
>> which are still equipped with the same WW2 vintage radio consoles
>> (Federal Telegraph and Radio/Mackay and RCA Radiomarine) they
>> carried in WW2.
>>
>> 73, Meir WF2U
>> Landrum, SC
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