USS Sanctuary
USNS Sanctuary (T-AH-17) in 1973 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | Sanctuary |
| Laid down | 28 June 1944 |
| Launched | 15 August 1944 |
| Commissioned |
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| Decommissioned |
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| Stricken |
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| Reinstated | 1 March 1966 |
| Fate | Sold for scrap, 2011 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Haven-class hospital ship |
| Displacement | 15,226 tons full load |
| Length | 522 ft 10 in (159.36 m) |
| Beam | 71 ft 8 in (21.84 m) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 17.5 knots (32.4 km/h; 20.1 mph) |
| Capacity | 800 patients |
| Complement | 60 officers, 505 crew |
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USS Sanctuary (AH-17) was a Haven-class hospital ship that served in the U.S. Navy in World War II and the Vietnam War.
Sanctuary was laid down as SS Marine Owl by the Sun Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Chester, Pennsylvania. The vessel was launched as Sanctuary (AH-17) on 15 August 1944, sponsored by Mrs. Alda Andrus; and delivered on 30 September 1944. Subsequently converted to a hospital ship by the Todd Shipbuilding Co., at Hoboken, New Jersey, whose citizens matched the cost of conversion with the purchase of war bonds, she was commissioned on 20 June 1945.