ship. The seas subsided on the 3rd, and small boats began the transfer. Patients were taken on board all of that day and by the time Solace was ready to return to New York on the 4th, she had a total of 504 patients on board even though her berthing facilities could accommodate only about 200. These were used for the seriously wounded while the remainder were put in cots. Solace returned to Hoboken, New Jersey, that night; and, by 0530 on 5 January, had debarked all of the patients. Decommissioning and sale After her detachment from the Atlantic Fleet on 1 April 1921, Solace was berthed at the Philadelphia Navy Yard. She was decommissioned on 20 July 1921; struck from the Navy List on 6 August 1930; and sold to Boston Metals Co., Baltimore, Maryland, on 6 November for scrap. Commanders Andrew Dunlap, 14 April 1898 through 20 May 1902 Frederic Singer, 20 May 1902 through ? Luther Lochman von Wedekind (1864–1935), circa 1909 through 1914 and possibly beyond Notes References Naval Historical Center Online Library of Selected Images: USS Solace External links Ships built in Newport News, Virginia Hospital ships of the United States Navy Spanish–American War auxiliary ships of the United States World War I auxiliary ships of the United States 1896 ships