美国海军曾经使用过的医院船,自越南战争以后,已全部退役。平时要不要医院船,长期以来争论不休。七十年代末就有人提出,海军缺乏适当的机动卫勤装备以适应局部战争,而伊朗人质危机,促使了建造新医院船计划的实施。最后,海军司令部与国家钢铁和造船公司签订了合同,由该公司将两艘圣·克奈门特级大油轮改装成医院船。 The hospital ships once used by the U.S. Navy have all been retired since the Vietnam War. Usually hospital ship or not, has long been controversial. It was suggested in the late 1970s that the Navy lacked proper mobile medical equipment to accommodate the local wars, while the Iranian hostage crisis prompted the construction of a new hospital ship plan. Finally, the Naval Command signed a contract with the state-owned steel and shipbuilding company, which converted two San Kneitman tankers into hospital ships.