Sanctuary (AH 17) - Naval Cruise Book

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LTJG Ann E. Kerr received the news that she would become the Navy's first woman line officer close on the heels of Z-Gram 116. She reported aboard SANCTUARY on 1 November 1972, and attended OOD school in San Diego from 20 August to 7 September 1973. She is now qualified to stand underway watches. The first Enlisted Woman to report aboard SANCTUARY was PN3 Peggy Griffith. She arrived on 8 September 1972 to be greeted with a welcome aboard ceremony and a tour of the ship by the then acting Commanding Officer, CDR A. D. IVlarsh. With news representatives from the Bay Area and major news outlets in the United States on hand to witness the event, the officers and crew of SANCTUARY extended a hand of friendship to the first of the first. K I as wx-Qin

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Z-GRAM 116 EOUAL RIGHTS 8: OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN Z-gram 116 announced the establishment of a task force to check the laws, regulations and policies that will have to be changed to eliminate inequities and open up opportunities as they relate to women in the Navy, the changes that would follow enactment of the Equal Rights Amendment lwhich has now been ratified by 20 of the required 38 statesl, CNO specified some of the first steps that could now be taken and others that would require changes in current laws and Navy regulations regarding women. A pilot program is now being established which provides for the assignment of officer and enlisted women to serve aboard the hospital ship USS SANCTUARY in order to gather planning information regarding the prospective increased utilization of women at sea. While women in the past have served aboard both hospital and Navy transport ships, they have been restricted by Federal law from sewing on other Navy Ships. The pilot program utilizing USS SANCTUARY is expected to begin in early 1973. Stating that while women in the Navy have historically played a significant role in the accomplishment of our naval mission, CNO said, we can do far more than we have in the past in according women equal opportunity to contribute their extensive talents and to achieve full professional status. One of the major actions to be taken, in addition to the enlisted ratings that have recently been opened to women, is to authorize limited entry of enlisted women into all ratings. In this connection, the Chief of Naval Operations envisioned the possibility that the number of women in the Navy, novv approximately 9000 lincluding 6000 WAVES, might be doubled, or tripled.. We must be in a position to utilize women's talents to help us achieve the size Navy we need under an all-volunteer force environment, CNO said.

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