Few vessels in the world carry as much symbolic and strategic weight as the U.S. Navy’s hospital ships. Painted brilliant white with a bold red cross — the universal emblem of medical protection — ...

A 1,000-bed U.S. Navy hospital ship heads to northern Peru in Feb. 2027 as El Niño threatens up to 8M with floods.

NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) – After returning in August from a 78-day humanitarian mission, the crew of the USNS Comfort was full of energy. Formerly an oil tanker before it was converted into a Mercy-class ...

NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) – The USNS Comfort, a U.S. Navy Mercy-class hospital ship, returned to Naval Station Norfolk Sunday morning following a 78-day humanitarian mission as part of the U.S. Naval Forces ...

As the Military Sealift Command (MSC) celebrates its 75th anniversary, it is looking to the future through the eyes of a forward-thinking “innovation cell” named for a ship from its storied past. USNS ...

NAVAL STATION NORFOLK, Va. — The U.S. Navy hospital ship USNS Comfort returned to Naval Station Norfolk on Sunday after completing a summer deployment across the Caribbean, Central and South America.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y -- The Military Sealift Command hospital ship, the USNS Comfort, steams into New York City under the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge at 9:21 a.m., Monday morning. The USNS Comfort is a ...

U.S. Navy hospital ship USNS Comfort departed its homeport here yesterday in support of the humanitarian civic assistance mission Continuing Promise 2011. Continuing Promise is a five-month mission to ...

For 56 days in the Persian Gulf, Comfort served as a floating trauma center and provided expert medical care to nearly 700 wounded U.S. military personnel. 2005 Hurricanes Katrina and Rita The USNS ...