USS Sanctuary

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/USS_Sanctuary
GPTKB entity
Statements (31)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:ship
gptkbp:awards gptkb:National_Defense_Service_Medal
gptkb:Vietnam_Service_Medal
gptkb:Navy_Unit_Commendation
gptkbp:beam 71 feet
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Sun_Shipbuilding_&_Drydock_Co.
gptkbp:capacity 750 patients
gptkbp:commissioned 20 June 1945
gptkbp:convertedTo gptkb:ship
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:crewComplement 556
gptkbp:decommissioned 15 December 1975
gptkbp:displacement 11,141 tons
gptkbp:draught 24 feet
gptkbp:fate sold for scrapping
gptkbp:homeport gptkb:Norfolk,_Virginia
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USS Sanctuary
gptkbp:hullNumber gptkb:AH-17
gptkbp:launched 15 August 1944
gptkbp:length 520 feet
gptkbp:name gptkb:USS_Sanctuary
gptkbp:notableEvent first US Navy hospital ship with a mixed male and female crew
gptkbp:operator gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:originalName Marine Owl
gptkbp:propulsion steam turbines
gptkbp:scrapped 1989
gptkbp:servedIn gptkb:Vietnam_War
gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:speed 17.5 knots
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:James_River_Reserve_Fleet
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6