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This is a list of U.S. Marine Hospitals and Public Health Service Hospitals that operated during the system's existence from 1798 to 1981. The primary beneficiary of the hospitals were civilian mariners known as the Merchant Marine, although they had other beneficiaries at various times; the system was unrelated to the U.S. Marine Corps.
San Leandro Naval Hospital (World War 2 only) Long Beach Naval Hospital (1964-1994), now Long Beach Towne Center; Naval Hospital Long Beach (1941-1950), now a VA health center; Naval Hospital Oakland (1942-1996), also known as Oak Knoll Naval Hospital; Naval Convalescent Hospital Beaumont; Naval Convalescent Hospital Arrowhead Springs
An artifact conservator at the Naval History and Heritage Command inspects a piece of pottery recovered from the wreck of the sloop-of-war USS Scorpion. The Command procures and maintains records, manuscripts, books, photographs, artifacts, and artwork that document the history of the United States Navy. Extensive collections at the Command's ...
New inpatient buildings and the Naval Medical Center were consolidated on September 1, 1973, forming the National Naval Medical Center. In 1975, an extensive renovation began, which included the construction of two new buildings: Building 9, a three-story outpatient structure, and Building 10, a seven-story, 500 bed inpatient facility, with a ...
The Bureau of Medicine and Surgery (BUMED) is an agency of the United States Department of the Navy that manages health care activities for the United States Navy and the United States Marine Corps. BUMED operates hospitals and other healthcare facilities as well as laboratories for biomedical research , and trains and manages the Navy's many ...
The U.S. Navy also operates two Hospital Ships, the USNS Mercy and the USNS Comfort. These floating full-service hospitals are stationed on the east and west coasts of the United States, respectively, and are deployed to provide emergency care to U.S. combat forces as well as to support U.S. disaster relief and humanitarian operations worldwide.
The Naval Medical Research Command (NMRC) is an agency that performs basic and applied biomedical research to meet the needs of the United States Navy and United States Marine Corps. Its areas of focus include study of infectious diseases , biodefense , military medicine , battlefield medicine , and bone marrow research. [ 1 ]
N. National Naval Medical Center; Naval Health Clinic Cherry Point; Naval Health Clinic New England; Naval Health Research Center; Naval Hospital Boston