Haven-class Ships
- USS Haven (AH-12) — lead ship of class; used in Operation Crossroads and Korean War
- USS Benevolence (AH-13) — present for Surrender of Japan; sunk 1950 off California coast after collision
- USS Tranquillity (AH-14)
- USS Consolation (AH-15) — first hospital ship to receive casualties directly by helicopter
- USS Repose (AH-16) — last Haven class to be decommissioned; processed 9,000 battle casualties during the Vietnam War
- USS Sanctuary (AH-17) — Only Haven class ship still in existence
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“Give blue-eyed men their swivel chairs
To whirl in tall buildings.
Allow them many ships at sea,
And on land, soldiers
And policemen.”
—Arna Bontemps (19021973)