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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.
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 ...
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
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The deployment mirrors USNS Comfort's simultaneous mission to support New York's COVID-19 response. [24] As of 15 April, Mercy had treated 48 patients, of whom 30 had been discharged. [ 25 ] [ needs update ] Seven crew members have tested positive for the virus and been removed from the ship for quarantine; 100 other sailors who had contact ...
USS Comfort (AH-3) was a hospital ship for the United States Navy in World War I. She was the sister ship of USS Mercy (AH-4) but the two ships were not of a ship class. Comfort was known as SS Havana in passenger service for the Ward Line , and as USAT Havana in United States Army service before her Navy service.
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Bill Clinton is one proud grandpa!. On Monday, Nov. 25, the former President of the United States, 78, appeared on an episode of Live with Kelly and Mark and spoke about how he and the former ...