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The USNS prefix identifies Comfort as a non-commissioned ship owned by the U.S. Navy and operationally crewed by civilians from the Military Sealift Command (MSC). A uniformed naval hospital staff and naval support staff is embarked when the Comfort is deployed, consisting primarily of naval officers from the Navy's Medical Corps, Dental Corps, Medical Service Corps, Nurse Corps, and Chaplain ...
The second USS Comfort (AH-6) was launched 18 March 1943 by Consolidated Steel Corporation, Wilmington, Los Angeles, under a Maritime Commission contract; sponsored by First Lieutenant E. Hatchitt, USAMC; transferred to the Navy the same day; converted to a hospital ship by Bethlehem Steel Co., San Pedro, Calif.; and commissioned 5 May 1944.
USS Comfort may refer to the following ships operated by the United States: USS Comfort (AH-3), a hospital ship, was acquired in 1917 and served until 1921; USS Comfort (AH-6), the lead ship of the Comfort-class hospital ship, which served from 1944 until 1946; USNS Comfort (T-AH-20), a Mercy-class hospital ship, which began its service in 1987
The Comfort-class hospital ships were a United States Navy World War II-era hospital ship design. Three vessels ( Comfort , Hope , and Mercy ) were built using these specifications. All ships were constructed in 1943 by the Consolidated Steel Corporation before being decommissioned in 1946.
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USNS Mercy arrives in Los Angeles, California on 27 March 2020 USNS Comfort heading up the Hudson River. In connection with the COVID-19 pandemic, navies from several countries deployed hospital ships to combat the disease. Aside from providing health services, hospital ships would allow civilian hospitals to offload some of the patients ...
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