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In this list, the particular roles of some hospital ships are identified, e.g. as ambulance vessels, rescue ships, and evacuation ships. Also included are ships that had a dual role, also serving as barracks ships, receiving ships, supply ships or guard ships.
The US operates two active hospital ships under the US Navy, managed by the Military Sealift Command (MSC) since the 1980s. Since the vessels are non-commissioned properties, they’re given...
– The Navy’s newest medical ship will be named after Bethesda, the Maryland home of Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro officially announced Monday.
Tucked inside the recently passed Defense Department budget for 2023 is funding for a new kind of Navy medical ship – one built to operate more like an ambulance than a hospital.
The ship — the first in its class of expeditionary medical vessels — will be called USNS Bethesda in honor of Naval Support Activity Bethesda, Md., the site of what was known informally as...
Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) Carlos Del Toro announced USNS Bethesda (EMS 1) as the name for the lead ship in the new Expeditionary Medical Ship (EMS(X)) class of ships during his mental health awareness month video.
The hospital ship USNS Mercy sails from Naval Base San Diego in support of Pacific Partnership, Oct. 10, 2023. The multinational humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission...
The Navy’s new class of expeditionary medical ships will be named after a Maryland military medical center, Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro announced Friday. The future USNS Bethesda (EMS-1) will be the first in the class for the new line of expeditionary medical ships.
Hospital Ships. Provide an afloat, mobile, acute surgical medical facilities when called upon to the U.S. military, and hospital services to support U.S. disaster relief and humanitarian...
U.S. Navy hospital ship USNS Comfort passes the Statue of Liberty enroute to Manhattan to provide assistance to victims of the September 11th terrorist attack on the World Trade Center....