Two as a hospital ship. Excellent scans of immediate local newspaper articles on this incident. A former U.S.Naval hospital ship from World War II and Korea is converted into a peacetime civilian run hospital ship to serve the developing world. First medical voyage commences in 1960 and last one underatken in 1973. A fine site dedicated to the late World War Two and Korean War services of this American naval hospital ship.
Site covers entire history but is focussed on the Vietnam War experience reasonably so.
The excellent posted message bulletin board assists those seeking shipmates. The hospital ship arrived in theater on February 14,1966 and returned to the United States for the last time in the spring of 1970. Very nice pictures of Vietnam service. He has scanned pages from one of the two known cruise books plus additional ephemera such as materials that cover the ceremonies for initiating those who haven't crossed the equator before. He is soliciting materials for his site.