PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) – The USNS Comfort was an oil tanker before it was converted into a mercy-class hospital ship by the US Navy in 1987. Being one of the largest units in the Military Sealift ...

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 ...

GREENSBORO — A U.S. Naval lieutenant who grew up in the city battles COVID-19 on the front lines in New York City. Lt. Catharyn Nosek works as a critical care nurse in intensive care aboard the ...

The Mercy-class hospital ship USNS Comfort returned to Naval Station Norfolk in Virginia on Sunday after a 79-day deployment. The Comfort provided medical care and humanitarian assistance and ...

NORFOLK, Va. — The U.S. Navy's 1,000-bed military hospital ship is preparing to set out on a goodwill mission in Latin America. The Mercy-class hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) is set to embark on ...

Less than 48 hours after shipping out of Norfolk, the USNS Comfort arrived at Pier 88 in Manhattan. The ship's 1,100 doctors, nurses, corpsmen, and support staff will treat patients who do not have ...

“On the 10th of April, another doc, a nurse and myself were transferred from the USS Boxer by CH-46E helo to the USNS Comfort, the U.S. hospital ship. Unlike the medical teams on the amphibious ...

Initially built as a San Clemente class tanker, the USNS COMFORT (T-AH 20) was converted into a hospital ship and commissioned as a U.S. Navy vessel in 1987. The COMFORT's primary mission is to ...