Sanctuary (AH 17) - Naval Cruise Book

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L 1' USS REPOSE QAH-161 1966 USS REPOSE QAH-163 - Originally commissioned 26 May 1945, but saw only limited duty in the remaining weeks of World War II. - After VJ Day she served as an evacuation ves- sel for two years in China and Japan. - From 3 September 1949 to 26 August 1950 RE- POSE was operated by a civilian crew of the Mili- tary Sea Transportation Service. - On 20 September 1950, with a Navy crew, she assumed duty as a station general hospital at Pusan and Inchon, Korea and carried United Nations cas- ualties to Japan. Inactivated and decommissioned following the Korean action. - Recommissioned on 16 October 1965, to give medical support to Navy and Marine Corps forces fighting in Vietnam. She had been refitted with the most modern equipment for Hospital Ships. REPOSE arrived in Vietnam on 14 February 1966 and depart- ed on 14 March 1970. During her time on the line she treated 24,713 patients. HOSPITAL S She is presently permanently docked at Long Beach, where she is serving as an auxiliary unit of the Naval Hospital. HIPS THROUGH THE YEARS OF CO FLICT CIVIL WAR BOSTON AH-7 HOPE First RELIEF tender AH-4 MERCY RED ROVER Plus 12 other lesser known ships which served NEWARK PINKNEY as hospital ships. quarantine ship RIXEY SOLACE TRYON SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR Atlantic fleet AH-12 HAVEN First SOLACE ffirst of our Naval vessels to fly RELIEFCAH-lj AH-13 BENEVOLENCE the Geneva Red Cross flagj Third RELIEF AH-14 TRANQUILITY Second RELIEF AH-15 CONSOLATION Several other Red Cross and Army ships. AH-16 REPOSE REPOSE fsecond-RELIEFJ AH-17 SANCTUARY WORLD WARI floating dispensary Asiatic Fleet. ADRIAN KOREA ambulance boat WORLD WAR Il AH-15 CONSOLATION BOSTON FLOATING HOSPITAL AH-l RELIEF AH-16 REPOSE COMFORT AH-5 SOLACE AH-12 HAVEN Atlantic fleet AH-9 BOUNTIFUL SEA GATE SAMARITAN VIETNAM ambulance boat REFUGE AH-16 REPOSE SOUTHPORT RESCUE AH-17 SANCTUARY ambulance boat AH-6 COM FORT 175

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