Throwback photo of hospital ship

The USS Repose and USS Sanctuary provided care during the war in Vietnam.


The USS Repose and USS Sanctuary provided care during the war in Vietnam, according to a Throwback Thursday article on the Hospitals & Health Networks website.

The two U.S. Navy hospital ships often provided care 20 to 30 minutes after a casualty occurred on the battlefield, the article said.

The Repose had a capacity of 560 beds and could hold 750 patients. 

Aboard the Repose were three operating rooms, a hyperbaric chamber for diving and aviation incidents and units for the care of civilians.

Read the article.

 

 



March 16, 2016


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