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U.S.S. Benevolence sinking (BUMED 09-5061-4), U.S. Navy BUMED Library and Archives

Description: "USS Benevolence (AH-13) awash beneath San Francisco Bay following her fatal collision." From the Collection of San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park, San Francisco Call-Bulletin photo collection.

U.S.S. Benevolence was commissioned in 1945 as a hospital ship with 802 beds. It served in the Pacific off the coast of Japan after the end of the war, and then returned to the San Francisco Bay as a casualty evacuation ship. On August 25, 1950, Benevolence collided with the freighter S.S. Mary Luckenbach in heavy fog and sank off of San Francisco. 23 crew members were lost and 505 survived.

Date: 25 August 1950

Photo ID: BUMED 09-5061-4

Repository: U.S. Navy BUMED Library and Archives

Rights: No known restrictions upon publication, physical copy retained by U.S. Navy BUMED Library and Archives. Publication and high resolution image requests should be directed to BUMED.
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