Name this Naval Vessel

Sorry, MB. Don't mind me. Just trying to keep it rolling. Hints are available upon request, since this one may be tricky.

 

There were only about fifteen British/Commonwealth hospital ships. Unfortunately, I can't tell you which it is. It's not Isle of Thanet, but of course, there are a lot of ships that it isn't.

 

Centaur, AHS47
Sinking of the hospital ship "Centaur" by Japanese submarine I-177 on 14 May 1943 off the Queensland coast east of Brisbane

 

Are we suppose to do this from memory? or can we use google? If the latter's the case I think I found the answer. Almost posted the link but it's got the name in it. Here's part of the link (hope this doesn't give too much away)
http://www.diggerhistory.info/pages-nurses/
Looks like I took too long. Here's the full link I found
http://www.diggerhistory.info/pages-nurses/centaur.htm

 

If we have to rely on memory, I have no hope. We can't ban books, can we?
[Now I'm trying to imagine someone throwing Google onto a big bonfire.]

 

Only if "Fleets" appears in the title.

 

Hm. Rethinking....

 

AHS Centaur she was. Found her with Google myself, so I expect other people can as well.

I think mcoffee got it first, so it's your ball.

 

Next up:

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USS General W A Mann. I recently bought a 1:2400 USS General John Pope. Maybe I should build her as General Mann instead.

 

It is the Mann. The Old Gunner rode her to Casablanca in March '44.

 

After a quick retouch, here's our next candidate:

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Its US and it is a tender either sub or destroyer for starters.

 

It is U.S. but it is not a tender, though it uses the same hull as a lot of tenders, so I can see where you might guess that.

 

The hull looks like a Klondike but superstructure is too far aft for one. Possibly a sealift ship but all those carleys and boats makes me think she had a pretty large complement.

 

No, Klondike's a little smaller and this ship isn't a tender of any kind. Nor is she a marine lift ship. You're on the right track with the carleys and boats, though.

 

Looks like the "General Squier", AP-130.

 

Very close, Tom. Very close indeed, but not quite there.

 

Aha, perhaps the
USS General T. H. Bliss (AP-131)

tom

 

There you have it, Tom. I think the combination of the low superstructure and the aft engineering plant does make them look strangely tenderish. You're go, Tom.