USS Sanctuary was a Haven-class hospital ship that served in the U.S. Navy in World War II and the Vietnam War.
USNS Sanctuary (T-AH-17) in 1973
Navy nurse and patients aboard USS Sanctuary in the 1960s
Navy nurse aboard USS Sanctuary in the 1960s
USS Sanctuary laid up in Baltimore Harbor, October 2010
Saipan is the largest island and capital of the Northern Mariana Islands, an unincorporated territory of the United States in the western Pacific Ocean. According to 2020 estimates by the United State
USS Sanctuary
…passengers for patients; then continued on to San Francisco, arriving on 22 October. Between 18 November and 17 December, Sanctuary completed a run to Saipan and Guam, and back to San Francisco. During late December 1945 and January 1946, she made two round trips between California and Hawaii. On 7 February…
Marines march through Garapan, July 1944
Marine infantrymen in Garapan, Saipan
Former location of the Saipan Mayor's Office as of 2018