Sanctuary (AH 17) - Naval Cruise Book

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WHAT'S THIS WOMAN BIVII J. D. Walker meet SN Anneliese Knapp. You see . . . ah . . . Boats, Anneliese is one of sixty or so Enlisted Women assigned to SANCTUARY as part of a pilot program aimed at bringing greater equality for women in the Navy. The program was outlined in Z-Gram 116, and our ship, mainly because of its non-combatant mission, was chosen to to test the feasibility of the idea.

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The mission of the USS SANCTUARY will be to serve primarily as an overseas dependent support ship, and to provide medical care plus limited Commissary and exchange facilities for authorized personnel and their dependents. Medical care on board the SANCTUARY includes complete hospi- tal service for the treatment of the sick and injured, as well as limited dental treatment. Finally, the USS SANCTUARY will serve as an effective instrument of U.S. foreign policy by initiating and continuing action programs which promote positive relations between the Command and foreign Nationals. These programs will also serve to assist individual Naval personnel and their families to work effectively, live with dignity and function as positive representatives of the Navy and of the United States while overseas.

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DOING ON lVlY SHIP? Who knows . . . maybe ten years from now Women of the Navy will be saying, What's this man doing on my ship? Smile Boats.