The USS Peleliu held around 8 detainees before they were transferred to the USS Bataan. Both ships have been confirmed by US government sources to have held prisoners.
Reprieve investigations suggest that a further 15 ships have been used to hold prisoners beyond the rule of law since 2001. Prisoners are interrogated aboard the vessels and then rendered to other, often undisclosed, locations.
On 14th December 2001 John Walker Lindh was transferred to the USS Peleliu where he claims there were at least an additional 4 detainees brought on board.
A former prisoner told Reprieve: "One of my fellow prisoners in Guantánamo was at sea on an American ship … before coming to Guantánamo ... he was in the cage next to me. He told me that there were about 50 other prisoners on the ship. They were all closed off in the bottom of the ship. The prisoner commented to me that it was like something you see on TV. The people held on the ship were beaten even more severely than in Guantánamo."
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