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09-26-07, 02:45 PM
:flag:In April of 1969 I was medivaced to the Hospital Ship Sanctuary. She was cruising in the South China Sea a few miles off of Da Nang at the time. I spent about 8 days aboard her before being sent to an Army convalescence center down south. She was an old tub back then since she served during the latter part of WWII. Just recently I decided to google her name on the internet figuring long ago that she was melted down into Toyotas and Mitsubichis. Lo and behold, the old tub is still afloat but probably not for long. There are many pictures of her in the Internet from her heyday to where she lays idle now in Phildelphia. One of her web sites indicated she was sold at auction in August of 2007 for $50,000. It's ironic that her sale price of $50,000 could be the sticker price for just one of those foreign luxury cars. She served me well when I needed her the most. I'm sure some of you out there from WWII, Korea and Nam graced her sickbay as well. I remember leaving her aboard a chopper and taking a picture of her gleaming white paint job and the huge red cross amidships. I still look at that photo from time to time. I suggest you check her out while you can.