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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...
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  • Look up sanctuary in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A sanctuary is a place of safety. Sanctuary or The Sanctuary or Sanctuaries may also refer to: Sanctuary...
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    to USS Michigan (SSGN-727). In 1972 the pilot program for assignment of officers and enlisted women to ships was initiated on board USS Sanctuary (AH-17)...
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    with other hospital ships serving further off coast including USS Repose and USS Sanctuary. Colleton was decommissioned December 1969 in Bremerton, Washington...
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    the USS Macon". Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary. Retrieved 14 June 2023. "U.S.S. Macon". Moffett Field Museum. Retrieved 13 November 2008. "USS Macon...
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    as Marine Dolphin) USS Consolation (AH-15) (laid down as Marine Walrus) USS Repose (AH-16) (laid down as Marine Beaver) USS Sanctuary (AH-17) (laid down...
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    1961. During World War II, he served as a U.S. Navy Chaplain on the USS Sanctuary Haven-class hospital ship. He died on July 17, 1998, at the age of 79...
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  • service have no listed status. USS Intrepid (1798) USS Ben Morgan (1826) USS Pawnee (1859) USS Red Rover (1859) USS Home (1862) USS Relief (1896) Star of the...
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    USS Abnaki (ATF-96) got underway bound for Guam with AFDM-5 in tow. USS Sanctuary (AH-17) was dry docked inside AFDM-5 in 1970. In 1979, she was finally...
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    women serve in Southeast Asia. Nurses serve aboard the hospital ship USS Sanctuary. Nine non-nurse U.S. Navy women serve in country; however no enlisted...
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    stamp. Ricles, Shannon. "USS Monitor Monument Dedication". USS Monitor: Preserving a Legacy. Monitor National Marine Sanctuary. Retrieved 4 July 2013....
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    Repose, Sanctuary, and Rescue were added. Purple Heart Award, Sun Valley Lodge 1943 Navy Nurse Corps, Sun Valley Lodge 1944 Navy Nurses Aboard USS Solace...
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    Monitor National Marine Sanctuary is the site of the wreck of the USS Monitor, one of the most famous shipwrecks in U.S. history. It was designated as...
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  • passenger on CH-46A #150268 of HMM-165 that crashed at sea en route to the USS Sanctuary Killed in action, body not recovered May 1 Corfield, Stan L Staff Sergeant...
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    USS Independence (CVL-22) (also CV-22) was a United States Navy light aircraft carrier. The lead ship of her class, she served during World War II. Converted...
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    and Isabel would become President after Juan's death in 1974. The USS Sanctuary became the first U.S. Navy ship to transport women sailors assigned...
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    SC-1634) USS S-1 (SS-105) USS S-2 (SS-106) USS S-3 (SS-107) USS S-4 (SS-109) USS S-5 (SS-110) USS S-6 (SS-111) USS S-7 (SS-112) USS S-8 (SS-113) USS S-9 (SS-114)...
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    recovering from an injury aboard the USS Sanctuary. On Christmas Day of 1968, the flag of Long Beach was added to the USS New Jersey, a Long Beach-based battleship...
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  • of the shrapnel. She was evacuated first to Con Thien, then to the USS Sanctuary, where she was visited by III Marine Amphibious Force commander General...
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    Okinawa Philippines, Taiwan, Sasebo, Iwakuni, Yokosuka, Seabee team 0522 USS Sanctuary Cmdr. R W. AuerBach Jr 1974-75 Puerto Rico Cmdr. David C. de Vicq 1975-76...
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    USS Whitfield County (LST-1169), previously USS LST-1169, was a United States Navy landing ship tank (LST) in commission from 1954 to 1973 which saw service...
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    USS Constellation (CV-64) was a Kitty Hawk-class supercarrier and the third ship of the United States Navy to be named in honor of the "new constellation...
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    assigned to a Marine unit in Danang, Vietnam, and on a hospital ship, the USS Sanctuary, in Vietnamese waters. Following his military service, he earned a Master...
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    as the United States' first national marine sanctuary, the only one of the 13 national marine sanctuaries created to protect a cultural resource rather...
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  • World War II in Pacific shipboard service as a Quartermaster aboard USS Sanctuary. He was later recalled up to serve in the Navy during the Korean War...
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  • Navy as a corpsman and operating room technician on the hospital ship, USS Sanctuary (AH-17), in both the Atlantic and Pacific theaters. After the war, he...
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    Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary and Underwater Preserve is a United States National Marine Sanctuary on Lake Huron's Thunder Bay, within the northeastern...
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    for transportation of a small girl by a U.S. Air Force helicopter to USS Sanctuary for eye surgery while the squadron commander personally delivered a...
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    USS Coral Sea (CV/CVB/CVA-43), a Midway-class aircraft carrier, was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for the Battle of the Coral Sea...
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    battle, including USS Copeland (FFG-25), USS Evans (DE-1023), USS Clifton Sprague (FFG-16), USS Carr (FFG-52) and USS Hoel (DDG-13), and USS Johnston (DD-821)...
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