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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
Light cruiser Damaged 6 January 1945 16°20'N, 120°10'E Cressman, p 604 DANFS: USS Columbia United States: Light cruiser Damaged 9 January 1945 16°08'N, 120°10'E Cressman, p 607 DANFS: USS Comfort United States: Hospital ship Damaged 28 April 1945 25°30'N, 127°40'E Cressman, p 669 DANFS: USS Connolly United States: Destroyer escort
Several ships have borne the name State of Maine since the Maine Maritime Academy was founded in 1941. Previous vessels included the former USS Comfort (AH-6), [1] which served in the role from 1953 to 1963; USS Ancon (AGC-4); and USNS Upshur (T-AP-198).
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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A number of Allied ships were damaged by Japanese suicide air attacks during World War II.Many of these attacks were by the kamikaze (officially Shinpū Tokubetsu Kōgekitai, "Divine Wind Special Attack Unit"), using pilot-guided explosive missiles, purpose-built or converted from conventional aircraft, by the Empire of Japan against Allied naval vessels in the closing stages of the Pacific ...