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Hospital ship USS Sanctuary (AH-17)

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Classification

Ship class:
Haven-class hospital ship
Type:
Hospital ship

Basic information

Renaming:
  • Marine Owl
Operator:
United States NavyUnited States Navy
Country of build:
Builder:
Sun Shipbuilding and Drydock CompanySun Shipbuilding and Drydock Company
Laid down:
Launched:
Commissioned (service):
Status:
Decommissioned
Fate:
Sold for scrap, 2011

Ship measurements

Displacement:
15,100 t
Length:
160 m
Beam:
21.79 m
Draft:
7.3 m

Machine

Propulsion:
  • Combination HP/LP 600 psi (4,100 kPa) steam turbine geared engine
  • Single screw, 9,000 shp (6,700 kW)
Speed:
17.5 knots

Personnel

Complement:
800
Mission crew:
565

Combat assets

Armament:
  • None
Aircraft:
  • 1 * MEDEVAC helicopter

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.

USS Sanctuary was towed out of Baltimore on 17 August 2011. The eventual owner, Potomac Navigation sold her to be scrapped by ESCO Marine in Brownsville, Texas.

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