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Ex-SS Rose City in drydock during conversion to the hospital USNS Comfort (T-AH-20) at National Steel and Shipbuilding, at San Diego, CA.
National Steel and Shipbuilding photo from "All Hands" magazine, March 1986. |
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Ex-Rose City in drydock during conversion to the hospital USNS Comfort (T-AH-20) at National Steel and Shipbuilding, at San Diego, CA.
National Steel and Shipbuilding photo from "All Hands" magazine, March 1986. |
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Mrs. Rose Narva, wife of Rear Adm. William M. Narva, Medical Corps, USN, Attending Physician to Congress, christened USNS
Comfort (T-AH-20), 15 August 1987.
Photo from US National Archives |
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USNS Mercy (T-AH-19) (left) and USNS Comfort (T-AH-20) tied up at the National Steel and Shipbuilding Company (NASSCO)
piers, December 1986. Also visible is USS Albert David (FF-1050) undergoing overhaul and two Knox-class frigates in the background.
US National Archives Identifier (NAID) 6654982 by PHC Kristofferson. A US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives. |
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USNS Comfort (T-AH-20) under way during sea trials, 27 October 1987, near San Diego, CA.
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Port quarter view of USNS Comfort (T-AH-20) underway during sea trials, 27 October 1987, near San Diego, CA.
Photo by National Steel and Shipbuilding, Defense Imagery photo # DN-SC-88-02201. BUMED photo # 14-0060-002. |
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Starboard quarter view of USNS Comfort (T-AH-20) underway during sea trials, 27 October 1987, near San Diego, CA.
Photo by National Steel and Shipbuilding, Defense Imagery photo # DN-SC-88-02199. BUMED photo # 14-0060-001. |
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USNS Comfort (T-AH-20) underway, date and location unknown.
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USNS Comfort (T-AH-20) underway, date and location unknown.
US Navy photo from "All Hands" magazine, November 1990. |
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USNS Comfort (T-AH-20) underway, date and location unknown.
US Navy photo from "All Hands" magazine, November by PH1(AC) Scott. M. Allen USN. |
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USNS Comfort (T-AH-20) underway off norfolk, vA., date unknown.
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USNS Comfort (T-AH-20) refueling from USNS Laramie (T-AO-203), date unknown.
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USNS Comfort (T-AH-20) leaves Baltimore harbor in route to Earle, N.J., where she will embark Navy medical personnel before setting sail for New York City. Comfort has a crew of more than 750 Navy and civilian medical and support personnel. She also contains 12 fully-equipped operating rooms, a 1,000-bed hospital facility, radiological services, a medical laboratory, a pharmacy, an optometry lab, a CAT scan and two oxygen-producing plants. The ship also has a helicopter deck capable of landing large military helicopters, as well as side ports to take on patients at sea.
US Navy photo # 010912-N-4868G-001 Baltimore, Md. (Sept. 12, 2001) by PHC Philomena Gorenflo. |
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USNS Comfort (T-AH-20) entering New York harbor, 14 September 2001.
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USNS Comfort (T-AH-20) docks pierside in Manhattan. The ship deployed to New York to render assistance following the Sept. 11 terrorist attack on the World Trade Center.
US Navy photo # 010917-N-7479T-501 New York, N.Y. (Sept. 17, 2001) by PHC Eric J. Tilford. |
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USNS Comfort (T-AH-20) pulls out of New York Harbor, where it has been anchored since the beginning of the recovery
operations, 1 October 2001. Photo by Michael Rieger/ FEMA News Photo. |
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A FEMA worker waves a final good bye to USNS Comfort (T-AH-20) as she pulls out of New York City, 1 October 2001. Photo by Andrea Booher/ FEMA News Photo |
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USNS Comfort (T-AH-20) pierside at her first port-of-call at Naval Station Rota, following her transit across the Atlantic from her homeport of Baltimore, MD. Comfort is making a logistics stop, taking on supplies and fuel on her way east in support of Operation Enduring Freedom and possible war with Iraq.US Navy photo # 030117-N-5996C-001 Rota, Spain (Jan. 17, 2003) by PH2 Timothy Comerford. |
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The guided-missile destroyer USS Oscar Austin (DDG-79) escorts USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) into the Mediterranean Sea. The two ships are on a regularly scheduled deployment in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.US Navy photo # 030119-N-0000X-001 The Strait of Gibraltar (Jan. 19, 2003). |
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USNS Comfort (T-AH-20) underway, enroute to Souda Bay, Crete.
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USNS Comfort (T-AH-20) entering the harbor at Souda Bay, Crete during her transit to the eastern Mediterranean.
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USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) capable of providing medical treatment for a 1000 patients, sits at anchor in the Arabian Gulf. Comfort is currently deployed in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.
US Navy photo # 030309-N-6077T-014 The Arabian Gulf (Mar. 9, 2003) by PH1 Kevin H. Tierney. |
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Family and friends greet USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) as the ship returns to her homeport of Baltimore, MD., after a 5˝-month deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. The ship departed on 6 January 2003.
US Navy photo # 030612-N-4820R-001 Baltimore, Md. (June. 12, 2003) by AZ1 John E. Reynolds. |
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USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) pulls into Naval Station Mayport, FL., to take on supplies on her way to aid victims of Hurricane Katrina. The Navy's involvement in the Hurricane Katrina humanitarian assistance operations is led by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), in conjunction with the Department of Defense.
US Navy photo # 050905-N-7781D-027 Mayport, Fla. (Sept. 5, 2005) by PH2 Andrea Decanini. |
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USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) pulls into Naval Station Mayport, FL., to take on supplies on her way to aid victims of Hurricane Katrina. The Navy's involvement in the Hurricane Katrina humanitarian assistance operations is led by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), in conjunction with the Department of Defense.
US Navy photo # 050905-N-6343E-001 Mayport, Fla. (Sept. 5, 2005) by PH3 Ian S. Elias. |
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Line handlers await the arrival of USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) as she prepares to moor at Naval Station Mayport, to take on supplies on her way to aid victims of Hurricane Katrina.
US Navy photo # 050905-N-8090G-001 Mayport, Fla. (Sept. 5, 2005) by PHAN Nicholas A. Garratt. |
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USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) pulls into Naval Station Mayport, to take on supplies on her way to aid victims of Hurricane Katrina.
US Navy photo # 050905-N-1550W-001 Mayport, Fla. (Sept. 5, 2005) by PH2 Elizabeth Williams. |
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Line handlers tie up USNS Comfort (T-AH-20) to a pier at Naval Station Mayport, to take on supplies on her way to aid victims of Hurricane Katrina.
US Navy photo # 050905-N-1550W-007 Mayport, Fla. (Sept. 5, 2005) by PH2 Elizabeth Williams. |
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USNS Comfort (T-AH-20) moors at the Port of Pascagoula. Comfort will provide medical assistance to the victims of Hurricane Katrina in the region.
US Navy photo # 050909-N-6436W-013 Pascagoula, Miss. (Sept. 9, 2005) by PH2 Michael B. Watkins. |
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Line handlers have secured USNS Comfort (T-AH-20) to a pier in the Port of Pascagoula. Comfort will provide medical assistance to the victims of Hurricane Katrina in the region.
US Navy photo # 050909-N-6436W-030 Pascagoula, Miss. (Sept. 9, 2005) by PH2 Michael B. Watkins. |
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USNS Comfort (T-AH-20) enters the mouth of the Mississippi River as she prepares to pull into New Orleans. Comfort is sailing to New Orleans at the request of the Department of Health and Human Services and Louisiana government officials to act as an emergency trauma center as residents begin to repopulate the crescent city.
US Navy photo # 050928-N-0780W-001 Mississippi River (Sept. 28, 2005) by JOSN Heather Weaver. |
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USNS Comfort (T-AH-20) prepares to pull into port at Naval Support Activity (NSA) East Bank, New Orleans. Comfort will serve as an emergency trauma center as the citizens begin to repopulate the city of New Orleans. The Navy’s involvement in the Hurricane Katrina humanitarian assistance operations are led by the Federal Emergency management Agency (FEMA), in conjunction with the Department of Defense.
US Navy photo # 050928-N-2653P-077 by JO1 James Pinsky. |
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USNS Comfort (T-AH-20) tied up pierside at New Orleans, 6 October 2005, providing critical medical care to those affected by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Doctors from Louisiana State University are working side-by-side with military personnel to deliver aid to the injured and sick transported to this floating medical facility.
Photo by Win Henderson from the FEMA Photo Library. |
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USNS Comfort (T-AH-20) steams toward her first port of call at Naval Station Rota, Spain, 26 April 2002, following her transit across the Atlantic from her home port of Baltimore, MD. Comfort is making a logistics stop, taking on supplies and fuel on her way east in support of Operation Enduring Freedom and possible war with Iraq.
US Navy photo # 030117-N-5996C-002 by PH2 Timothy Comerford. |
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USNS Comfort (T-AH-20) makes her way to Naval Station Norfolk. Comfort will remain in port through mid-June, loading personnel and supplies, in preparation for a humanitarian assistance deployment to Latin America and the Caribbean where she will provide medical treatment to approximately 85,000 patients in more than a dozen countries. Comfort medical professionals will also provide training and exchange medical knowledge with their host nation counterparts.
US Navy photo # 070531-N-8704K-075 NORFOLK, Va. (May 31, 2007) by MC2 Joshua Karsten. |
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A tug pushes USNS Comfort (T-AH-20) to the pier at Naval Station Norfolk. Comfort will remain in port through mid-June, loading personnel and supplies, in preparation for a humanitarian assistance deployment to Latin America and the Caribbean where she will provide medical treatment to approximately 85,000 patients in more than a dozen countries. Comfort medical professionals will also provide training and exchange medical knowledge with their host nation counterparts.
US Navy photo # 070531-N-8704K-116 NORFOLK, Va. (May 31, 2007) by MC2 Joshua Karsten. |
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Line handlers stand by to cast off the mooring lines as USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) gets underway to take part in a multi-month humanitarian assistance deployment to the U.S. Southern Command area of responsibility. During the deployment, Comfort expects to provide medical treatment to approximately 85,000 patients in more than a dozen countries.
US Navy photo # 070615-N-8933S-109 NORFOLK, Va. (June 15, 2007) by MC3 Robert J. Stratchko. |
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Family and friends wave goodbye as USNS Comfort (T-AH-20) gets underway to take part in a multi-month humanitarian assistance deployment to the U.S. Southern Command area of responsibility. During the deployment, Comfort expects to provide medical treatment to approximately 85,000 patients in more than a dozen countries.
US Navy photo # 070615-N-8933S-127 NORFOLK, Va. (June 15, 2007) by MC3 Robert J. Stratchko. |
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USNS Comfort (T-AH-20) steams off the coast of Virginia shortly after getting underway from Naval Station Norfolk to commence a multi-month humanitarian assistance deployment to Latin America and the Caribbean.
US Navy photo # 070615-N-6278K-211 ATLANTIC OCEAN (June 15, 2007) by MC2 Joan Kretschmer. |
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USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) underway off the coast of Virginia shortly after departing Naval Station Norfolk to start a multi-month humanitarian assistance deployment to Latin America and the Caribbean.
US Navy photo # 070615-N-6278K-231 ATLANTIC OCEAN (June 15, 2007) by MC2 Joan Kretschmer. |
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USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) anchored off the coast of Puerto Barrios, Guatemala, 30 June 2007, during a scheduled stop on a four-month humanitarian deployment to Latin America and the Caribbean to provide medical treatment to patients in a dozen countries. While deployed, Comfort is under the operational control of Commander US Naval Forces Southern Command and tactical control of Destroyer Squadron 24 (DESRON-24).
US Navy photo # 070630-N-8704K-088 CARIBBEAN SEA (June 30, 2007) by MC2 Joshua Karsten. |
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USNS Comfort (T-AH-20) prepares to pull into Acajutla, El Salvador, for a scheduled port call. Comfort is on a four-month humanitarian deployment to Latin America and the Caribbean to provide medical treatment to patients in a dozen countries.
US Navy photo # 070725-N-8704K-023 PACIFIC OCEAN (July 25, 2007) by MC2 Joshua Karsten.. |
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Comfort (T-AH 20) arriving at Acajutla, El Salvador, 25 July 2007, as tugboats come alongside to assist her into her berth. USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) is on a four-month humanitarian deployment to Latin America and the Caribbean to provide medical treatment to patients in a dozen countries.
US Navy photo # 070725-N-8704K-235 ACAJUTLA, El Salvador (July 25, 2007) by MC2 Joshua Karsten. |
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El Salvador navy sailors stand at parade rest as USNS Comfort (T-AH-20) pulls into Acajutla, El Salvador. Comfort is on a four-month humanitarian deployment to Latin America and the Caribbean to provide medical treatment to patients in a dozen countries.
US Navy photo # 070725-N-8704K-122 ACAJUTLA, El Salvador (July 25, 2007) by MC2 Joshua Karsten.. |
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USNS Comfort (T-AH-20) moored in Acajutla, El Salvador, during a scheduled port call.. Comfort is on a four-month humanitarian deployment to Latin America and the Caribbean to provide medical treatment to patients in a dozen countries.
US Navy photo # 070730-N-8704K-053 ACAJUTLA, El Salvador (July 30, 2007) by MC2 Joshua Karsten.. |
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USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) moored pierside at Acajutla, El Salvador, 8 August 2007, during a scheduled port visit. Comfort is on a four-month humanitarian deployment to Latin America and the Caribbean providing medical treatment to patients in a dozen countries.
US Navy photo # 070730-N-8704K-092 ACAJUTLA, El Salvador (Aug. 8, 2007) by MC2 Joshua Karsten. |
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USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) at anchor off Port-Au-Prince, Haiti, 2 September 2007. Comfort is on a four-month humanitarian deployment to Latin America and the Caribbean providing medical treatment to patients in a dozen countries.
US Navy photo # 070902-N-8704K-019 PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (Sept. 2, 2007) by MC2 Joshua Karsten. |
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USNS Comfort (T-AH-20) anchored off the coast of Port-au-Prince. Comfort is on a four-month humanitarian deployment to Latin America and the Caribbean providing medical treatment to patients in a dozen countries.
US Navy photo # 070905-N-0194K-183 PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (Sept. 5, 2007) by MC2 Joshua Karsten. |
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USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) is assisted away from the pier by tugboats as she pulls out of port at Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tabago, 22 September 2007. Comfort completed approximately one week of medical aid in Trinidad and Tobago. as part of her four-month humanitarian deployment to Latin America and the Caribbean.
US Navy photo # 070922-N-0194K-262 PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago (Sept. 22, 2007) by MC2 Steven King. |
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USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) at anchor several miles off the coast of Georgetown, Guyana, 26 September 2007. Comfort is on a four-month humanitarian deployment to Latin America and the Caribbean providing medical treatment to patients in a dozen countries.
US Navy photo # 070926-N-7088A-016 ATLANTIC OCEAN (Sept. 26, 2007) by MC2 Elizabeth R. Allen. |
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USNS Comfort (T-AH-20) anchored off the coast of Suriname. Comfort is on a four-month humanitarian deployment to Latin America and the Caribbean providing medical treatment to patients in a dozen countries.
US Navy photo # 071003-N-4238B-162 PARAMARIBO, Suriname (Oct. 3, 2007) by MC3 Kelly Barnes. |
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USNS Comfort (T-AH-20) arrives at Naval Station Norfolk after a four-month humanitarian deployment to 12 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean. While docked in Norfolk, approximately 500 crew members will disembark to return to their home units and parent commands, leaving most of the permanently assigned personnel and MSC civil service mariners who will travel to the ship's berth in Baltimore later in the week.
US Navy photo # 071015-N-6278K-284 NORFOLK, Va. (Oct. 15, 2007) by MC2 Joan E. Kretschmer. |
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USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) arrives pierside at Norfolk Naval Station, 15 October 2007, after completing a four-month humanitarian deployment to Latin America and the Caribbean providing medical treatment in 12 countries.
US Navy photo # 071015-N-1713L-061 NORFOLK, Va. (Oct. 15, 2007) by MC2 Lolita M. Lewis. |
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USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) arrives pierside at Norfolk Naval Station, 15 October 2007, after completing a four-month humanitarian deployment to Latin America and the Caribbean providing medical treatment in 12 countries. While docked in Norfolk, approximately 500 crew members disembarked to return to their home units and parent commands, leaving most of the permanently assigned personnel and MSC civil service mariners, who will sail the ship up the Chesapeake Bay to her berth in Baltimore later in the week.
US Navy photo # 071015-N-6278K-482 NORFOLK, Va. (Oct. 15, 2007) by MC2 Joan E. Kretschmer. |
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Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) ADM. Gary Roughead congratulates crew members aboard the hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH-20) upon completion of their deployment, 12 October 2007. ADM. Roughead presented the crew with a Meritorious Unit Commendation. Comfort completed its four-month humanitarian deployment to Latin America and the Caribbean providing medical care to patients in a dozen countries.
US Navy photo # 071012-N-0194K-105 ATLANTIC (Oct. 12, 2007) by MC2 Steven King. |
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USNS Comfort (T-AH-20) moored in her berth at Baltimore, MD., 17 May 2008. |
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USNS Comfort (T-AH-20) ships plaque presented to HM3 Basile |
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USNS Comfort (T-AH-20) departs from Naval Station Norfolk for a four-month deployment to the U.S. Southern Command area of focus in support of U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command and U.S. Fourth Fleets Continuing Promise 2009 (CP09). Comfort provides the region a mobile, flexible and rapidly responsive afloat medical capability for a number of missions and training opportunities in the Caribbean, Central and South America.
US Navy photo # 090401-N-9985W-057 NORFOLK (April 1, 2009) by MC3 Tyler J. Wilson. |
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USNS Comfort (T-AH-20) at anchor near Port-au-Prince, Haiti supporting Continuing Promise 2009, a humanitarian and civic assistance mission to Latin America and the Caribbean.
US Army photo # 090411-A-1786S-088 PORT-AU-PRINCE (April 11, 2009) by Spc. Landon Stephenson. |
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USNS Comfort (T-AH-20) makes her way through the Panama Canal to cross into the Pacific Ocean. Comfort is participating in Continuing Promise 2009, a four-month humanitarian and civic assistance mission providing medical and other services in seven countries through Latin America.
US Navy photo # 090309-N-0000X-001 PANAMA CANAL ZONE (June 3, 2009) |
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US Coast Guard Cutter USCGC Hamilton (WHEC-715),
center, transits past USNS Comfort (T-AH-20), left, and the French navy Forde-class amphibious dock landing ship
TCP Siroco (L9012) near Port-au-Prince, Haiti, 30 January 2010. Several U.S. and
international military and non-governmental agencies are conducting humanitarian and disaster relief operations as part of Operation Unified Response after a 7.0
magnitude earthquake caused severe damage in and around Port-au-Prince, Haiti Jan. 12.
US Navy photo # 100130-N-7948C-026 PORT-au-PRINCE, HAITI (Jan. 30 2010) by MC1 Martine Cuaron. |
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USNS Comfort (T-AH-20) maneuvers off the coast of Haiti. The hospital ship is conducting humanitarian and disaster relief operations as part of Operation Unified Response after a 7.0 magnitude earthquake caused severe damage to the island on January 12, 2010.
US Navy photo # 100120-N-1240O-414 PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (Jan. 20, 2010) by MC3 Erin Olberholtzen |
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USNS Comfort (T-AH-20) anchored off the coast of Haiti, while helicopters bring on medical evacuated patients. Comfort is conducting humanitarian and disaster relief operations as part of Operation Unified Response after a 7.0 magnitude earthquake caused severe damage in Haiti on January 12, 2010.
US Navy photo # 100120-N-0727M-043 PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (Jan. 20, 2010) by MC1 Troy D. Miller |
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USNS Comfort (T-AH-20) anchored off the coast of Haiti, while helicopters bring on medical evacuated patients. Comfort is conducting humanitarian and disaster relief operations as part of Operation Unified Response after a 7.0 magnitude earthquake caused severe damage in Haiti on January 12, 2010.
US Air Force photo # 100121-F-3715H-050 PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (Jan. 21, 2010) by Tech. Sgt. Dennis J. Henry Jr. |
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USNS Comfort (T-AH-20) conducts humanitarian assistance operations near Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Comfort is supporting Operation Unified Response following a 7.0 magnitude earthquake that caused severe damage in Haiti Jan. 12.
US Navy photo # 100131-N-1525C-004 PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (Jan. 21, 2010) by MCC J. L. Chirrick. |
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USNS Comfort (T-AH-20) anchored off the coast of Haiti. Comfort is supporting Operation Unified Response by providing medical support capabilities to civil authorities to help stabilize and improve the situation in Haiti in the wake of the 7.0 magnitude earthquake that hit the area on January 12, 2010.
US Navy photo # 100123-N-7508R-092 BAIE DE GRAND GOAVE, Haiti (Jan. 23, 2010) by MC2 Julio Rivera. |
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USNS Comfort (T-AH-20) and USNS Leroy Grumman (T-A0-195) conduct an underway replenishment in the Caribbean Sea. Comfort temporarily left Haiti to re-supply, but will return to continue supporting Operation Unified Response.
US Navy photo # 100222-N-6410J-057 CARIBBEAN SEA (Feb. 22, 2010) and 100222-N-6410J-027 CARIBBEAN SEA (Feb. 22, 2010) by MC3 Matthew Jackson. |
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Civilian mariners aboard USNS Comfort (T-AH-20) offload more than 100 pallets of medical supplies onto US Army landing craft utility LCU-2031. The supplies were donated by several non-governmental organizations and are being transferred for distribution to medical treatment facilities providing after-care treatment to earthquake victims in Haiti.
US Navy photo # 100225-N-6410J-070 PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (Feb. 25, 2010) by MC3 Matthew Jackson. |
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USNS Comfort (T-AH-20) arrives at Naval Station Norfolk following a seven-week deployment to the U.S. Southern Command area of responsibility to provide medical care in Haiti as part of Operation Unified Response. The Comfort surgical team performed more than 800 surgeries. Comfort will return to her homeport in Baltimore after a short port visit in Norfolk.
US Navy photo # 100313-N-3165S-044 NORFOLK (March 13, 2010) by MC3 Ryan Steinhour. |
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USNS Comfort (T-AH-20) assisted by the tugboat Donal G. McAllister
(Ex-Antigo (YTB-792), departs Baltimore, Md., 17 March 2011, for a five-month Continuing Promise 2011
deployment.
U.S. Navy photo # 110317-D-1705P-032 by Shoshona Pilip-Florea |
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USNS Comfort (T-AH-20) sails past historic Fort Monroe en route to Naval Station Norfolk. Comfort is picking up personnel, equipment and supplies in preparation for Continuing Promise 2011, a five-month, humanitarian assistance mission to nine countries in Central and South America and the Caribbean.
US Navy photo # 110321-N-EP471-280 HAMPTON, Va. (March 21, 2011) by MC1 Kim Williams. |
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USNS Comfort (T-AH-20) arrives at Naval Station Norfolk to pick up personnel, equipment and supplies for Continuing Promise 2011. Continuing Promise is a five-month humanitarian assistance mission to nine countries in Central and South America and the Caribbean.
US Navy photo # 110321-N-EP471-482 NORFOLK (March 21, 2011) by MC1 Kim Williams. |
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USNS Comfort (T-AH-20) en-route to Kingston, Jamaica for a Continuing Promise 2011 port visit.
US Air Force photo # 110411-F-NJ219-009 ATLANTIC OCEAN (April 11, 2011) by SSgt Courtney Richardson. |
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A launch from USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) is underway passing the ship during a Continuing Promise 2011 port visit to Kingston.
US Navy photo # 110413-N-EP471-283 KINGSTON, Jamaica (April 13, 2011) by MC1 Kim Williams. |
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USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) at anchor in harbor at Kingston, Jamaica, during a Continuing Promise 2011 port Visit.
US Navy photo # 110413-N-EP471-130 KINGSTON, Jamaica (April 13, 2011) by MC1 Kim Williams. |
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USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) anchored off Paita, Peru during a Continuing Promise 2011 port visit.
US Navy photo # 110430-N-NY820-236 PAITA, Peru (April 30, 2011) and 110430-N-NY820-273 PAITA, Peru (April 30, 2011) by MC2 Eric C. Tretter. |
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USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) receives JP-5 jet fuel from a Peruvian barge before departing for Ecuador in support of Continuing Promise 2011.
US Air Force photo # 110511-F-NJ219-131 PAITA, Peru (May 11, 2011) and 110511-F-NJ219-047 PAITA, Peru (May 11, 2011) by Staff Sgt. Courtney Richardson. |
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USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) anchored off the coast of Tumaco, Colombia during Continuing Promise 2011.
US Navy photo # 110602-N-RM525-268 TUMACO, Colombia (June 2, 2011) by MC2 Jonathen E. Davis. |
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USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) anchored off San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua. Comfort is on its fifth country stop during Continuing Promise 2011, a five-month humanitarian assistance mission to the Caribbean, Central and South America.
US Navy photo #'s 110617-N-EP471-465 SAN JUAN DEL SUR, Nicaragua (June 17, 2011) and 110618-N-EP471-301 SAN JUAN DEL SUR, Nicaragua (June 18, 2011) by MC1 Kim Williams. |
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USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) moored in Puerto San Jose, Guatemala, during Continuing Promise 2011.
US Navy photo # 110630-N-QD416-452 PUERTO QUETZAL, Guatemala (June 30, 2011) by MC1 Brian A. Goyak. |
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USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) moored pierside in Puntarenas, Costa Rica, for Continuing Promise 2011.
US Navy photo #s 110803-N-EP471-012 PUNTARENAS, Costa Rica (Aug. 3, 2011) and 110803-N-EP471-046 PUNTARENAS, Costa Rica (Aug. 3, 2011) by MC1 Kim Williams. |
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USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) moored alongside the cruise ship MV Dawn Princess in Puntarenas, Costa Rica, during Continuing Promise 2011.
US Navy photo # 110808-N-EP471-613 PUNTARENAS, Costa Rica (Aug. 8, 2011) by MC1 Kim Williams. |
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USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) anchored off the coast of Port-au-Prince, Haiti during Continuing Promise 2011.
US Navy photo # 110820-N-NY820-295 PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (Aug. 20, 2011) by MC2 Eric C. Tretter. |
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USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) arrives at Naval Station Norfolk. Comfort deployed as the primary platform for Continuing Promise 2011, a five-month humanitarian assistance mission to nine countries in Central and South America and the Caribbean.
US Navy photo # 110902-N-VK779-007 NORFOLK (Sept. 2, 2011) by MC2 Brian Goodwin. |
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USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) departs Baltimore for the last time during a permanent layberth relocation to Naval Station Norfolk. Comfort is preparing to deploy as the primary platform for Continuing Promise 2013, a five-month humanitarian assistance mission to eight countries in Central and South America and the Caribbean.
US Navy photo # 130226-N-ZZ999-002
BALTIMORE (Feb. 26, 2013) by Jessica Alexander. |
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USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) arrives pierside at Naval Station Norfolk. Comfort left Baltimore in preparation for her scheduled participation in Continuing Promise 2013, simultaneously shifting her layberth to Naval Station Norfolk.
US Navy photo # 130301-N-XJ695-025 NORFOLK (March 1, 2013) 130301-N-XJ695-025
NORFOLK (March 1, 2013) by Jessica Alexander. |
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USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) moored pierside at pier 8, Naval Station Norfolk, date unknown. Comfort is loading supplies and medical personnel before leaving on a four month humanitarian deployment to South America and the Caribbean. Across the pier are two MSC Naval Fleet Auxiliary Force Ships.
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USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) lays at anchor during Continuing Promise 2015. Continuing Promise is a U.S. Southern Command-sponsored
and U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command/U.S. 4th Fleet-conducted deployment to conduct civil-military operations including humanitarian-civil assistance, subject
matter expert exchanges, medical, dental, veterinary and engineering support and disaster response to partner nations and to show U.S. support and commitment to
Central and South America and the Caribbean.
US Navy photo # 150410-N-DJ347-103 CARIBBEAN SEA (April 10, 2015) by MC1 Gary Johnson. |
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An MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter attached to the "Sea Knights" of
Helicopter Combat Support Squadron (HC) 22 provides search and rescue support during a search and rescue exercise conducted by USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) during Continuing Promise 2015.
US Navy photo # 150415-N-KG407-983 CARIBBEAN SEA (April 15, 2015) by MCSN Kameren Guy Hodnett. |
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USNS Comfort (T-AH-20) anchored off the cost of Nicaragua during Continuing Promise 2015. Continuing Promise is a U.S.
Southern Command-sponsored and U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command/U.S. 4th Fleet-conducted deployment to conduct civil-military operations including humanitarian-civil
assistance, subject matter expert exchanges, medical, dental, veterinary and engineering support and disaster response to partner nations and to show U.S. support and
commitment to Central and South America and the Caribbean.
US Navy photo # 150524-N-KG407-570 CARIBBEAN SEA (May 24, 2015) by MCSN Kameren Guy Hodnett. |
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USNS Comfort (T-AH-20) moored to a pier in Colon, Panama during the ship's 5th mission stop in support of Continuing Promise
2015
US Navy photo # 150604-N-PD309-222 COLON, Panama (June 4, 2015) by MC3 Deven Leigh Ellis. |
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USNS Comfort (T-AH-20) moored pierside in Roseau, Dominica during Continuing Promise 2015.
US Navy photo # 150803-N-HW406-417 ROSEAU, Dominica (Aug. 3, 2015) and 150803-N-HW406-138 ROSEAU, Dominica (Aug. 3, 2015) by MCC Larry Baruwa. |
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An MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to the
Sea Knights Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 22 delivers
cargo to the flight deck of USNS Comfort (T-AH-20) during a replenishment-at-sea in support of Continuing Promise 2015.
US Army photo # 150812-A-BK746-357 CARIBBEAN SEA (Aug. 12, 2015) by Spc. Lance Hartung. |
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USNS Comfort (T-AH-20) arrives at Naval Station Mayport Basin at the completion of the six-month Continuing Promise 2015
humanitarian mission.
US Navy photo # 150923-N-WA189-044 MAYPORT, Fla. (Sept. 25, 2015) by MC2 Adam Henderson. |
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USNS Comfort (T-AH-20) gets under way from Naval Station Norfolk, VA. Comfort went to sea as part of their
COMFEX, a battery of training evolutions designed to sharpen the skills of the medical professionals and Civil Service Mariners who crew the vessel.
US Navy photo # 160217-N-OH262-734 NORFOLK, Va. (Feb. 17, 2016) by Public Affairs Specialist Bill Mesta. |
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USNS Comfort (T-AH-20) and SS Cape May (AKR-5063) moored pierside at Norfolk International Terminals, 22 September 2017 |
Photo by Hugh L. Hudson III |
171001-N-ZN152-0045 ATLANTIC OCEAN (Oct. 1, 2017) |
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USNS Comfort (T-AH-20), center, conducts an underway replenishment with
USNS William McLean (T-AKE-12),
left, and the fast combat support ship USNS Supply (T-AOE-6). Comfort is under way to support humanitarian relief operations in Puerto
Rico. The Department of Defense is supporting the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the lead federal agency, in helping those affected by Hurricane Maria to minimize
suffering and is one component of the overall whole-of-government response effort.
US Navy photo #"s 171001-N-ZN152-0045 ATLANTIC OCEAN (Oct. 1, 2017) and 171001-N-ZN152-0043 ATLANTIC OCEAN (Oct. 1, 2017) by MC1 Ernest R. Scott. |
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USNS Comfort (T-AH-20) arrives in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Oct. 3, 2017. Comfort will help support Hurricane
Maria aid and relief operations. The Department of Defense is supporting the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the lead federal agency, in helping those affected by
Hurricane Maria to minimize suffering and is one component of the overall whole-of-government response effort.
US Air Force Photo # 171003-F-EK767-0002 SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (Oct. 3, 2017) by Capt. Christopher Merian. |
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Infographic depicting capabilities and staffing aboard USNS Comfort (T-AH-20) while supporting Hurricane Maria relief efforts.
Comfort is transiting from the Arecibo-Manati region to Aguadilla to provide medical services with additional visits being planned around the island. The
U.S. Health and Human Services and Puerto Rico Department of Health representatives are prioritizing patients at each stop prior to Comfort's arrival.
The Department of Defense is supporting the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the lead federal agency, in helping those affected by Hurricane Maria to minimize
suffering and is one component of the overall whole-of-government response effort.
US Navy Infograpic Photo # 171008-N-PM785-001 WASHINGTON (Oct. 8, 2017) by Ms. Kirsten Sisson |
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USNS Comfort (T-AH-20) under way near Arecibo, Puerto Rico. The Department of Defense is supporting the Federal Emergency
Management Agency, the lead federal agency, in helping those affected by Hurricane Maria to minimize suffering and is one component of the overall whole-of-government response effort.
US Navy Photo # 171009-N-PG340-272 CARIBBEAN SEA (Oct. 9, 2017) by MC2 Stephane Belcher. |
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Patients board an Army UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter, assigned to C Co., 6th Battalion, Combat Aviation Brigade, on the flight deck of
USNS Comfort (T-AH 20), to go to Centro Medico hospital in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Comfort is under way operating in the vicinity of Ponce,
Puerto Rico. The Department of Defense is supporting the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the lead federal agency, in helping those affected by Hurricane Maria to minimize suffering and is one component of the overall whole-of-government response effort.
US Navy Photo # 171022-N-PG340-016 CARIBBEAN SEA (Oct. 22, 2017) by MC2 Stephane Belcher. |
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USNS Comfort (T-AH-20) under way in the Caribbean Sea in support of hurricane relief efforts in the aftermath of Hurricane
Maria. The Department of Defense is supporting the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the lead federal agency, in helping those affected by Hurricane Maria to
minimize suffering and is one component of the overall whole-of-government response effort.
US Navy Photo # 171018-N-BD308-0205 CARIBBEAN SEA (Oct.18, 2017) by MC3 Levingston Lewis. |
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The fleet replenishment oiler USNS Big Horn (T-AO-198) and
USNS Comfort (T-AH-20) conduct a replenishment-at-sea. The Department of Defense is
supporting Federal Emergency Management Agency, the lead federal agency in helping those affected by Hurricane Maria to minimize suffering and is one component of the
overall whole-of-government response effort.
US Navy photo # 171019-N-TJ319-138 CARIBBEAN SEA (Oct. 19, 2017) by MCSN Jessica L. Dowell |
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USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) moored pierside in San Juan, Puerto Rico, to provide humanitarian relief. The Department of Defense is
supporting the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the lead federal agency, in helping those affected by Hurricane Maria to minimize suffering and is one component of
the overall whole-of-government response effort.
US Navy Photo # 171027-N-PG340-108 SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (Oct. 27, 2017) by MC2 Stephane Belcher. |
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Hospitalman Connor Braxton, from Branch Health Clinic Naval Station Norfolk, escorts patients to USNS Comfort (T-AH 20).
Comfort is moored pierside in San Juan, Puerto Rico, to provide humanitarian relief.
US Navy Photo # 171028-N-PG340-026 SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (Oct. 28, 2017) by MC2 Stephane Belcher. |
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USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) sails south on an 11-week medical support mission to Central and South America as part of U.S. Southern
Command's Enduring Promise initiative. Working with health and government partners in Ecuador, Peru, Colombia and Honduras, the embarked medical team will provide care
on board and at land-based medical sites, helping to relieve pressure on national medical systems caused partly by an increase in cross-border migrants. The deployment
reflects the United States' enduring promise of friendship, partnership and solidarity with the Americas.
US Navy Photo # 181013-N-LL146-1110 ATLANTIC OCEAN (Oct. 13, 2018) by MC1 Scott Bigley. |
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USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) stationed off the coast of Ecuador for an 11-week medical support mission to Central and South America
as part of U.S. Southern Command's Enduring Promise initiative. Working with health and government partners in Ecuador, Peru, Colombia and Honduras, the embarked medical
team will provide care aboard the ship and at land-based medical sites, helping to relieve pressure on national medical systems caused partly by an increase in
cross-border migrants. Comfort's deployment reflects the U.S.'s enduring promise of friendship, partnership and solidarity with the Americas
US Navy Photo # 181020-N-LL146-1784 ESMERALDAS, Ecuador (Oct. 20, 2018) by MC1 Scott Bigley. |
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USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) returns to Naval Station Norfolk after completing her eleven-week medical support mission to South and
Central America, as part of U.S. Southern Command's Enduring Promise initiative. Comfort embarked medical teams to work with health and government partners
in Ecuador, Peru, Columbia and Honduras, providing care both aboard the ship and at land-based medical sites, helping to relieve pressure on national medical systems
caused partially by an increase in cross-border migrants.
US Navy Photo # 181218-N-CX372-0048 NORFOLK (Dec. 18, 2018) by Brian Suriani. |
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USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) pierside at Naval Station Norfolk after completing her eleven-week medical support mission to South and Central America, as part of U.S. Southern Command's Enduring Promise initiative.
US Navy Photo # 181218-N-CX372-0128 NORFOLK (Dec. 18, 2018) by Brian Suriani. |
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USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) moored in the port of Manta, Ecuador. Comfort is working with health and government
partners in Central America, South America, and the Caribbean to provide care on the ship and at land-based medical sites, helping to relieve pressure on national
medical systems strained by an increase in Venezuelan migrants.
US Navy Photo # 190630-N-IA905-1077 MANTA, Ecuador (June 30, 2019) by MC2 Morgan K. Nall. |
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USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) anchored off the coast of Callao, Peru. Comfort is working with health and government
partners in Central America, South America, and the Caribbean to provide care on the ship and at land-based medical sites, helping to relieve pressure on national
medical systems strained by an increase in Venezuelan migrants
US Navy Photo # 190708-N-IA905-1292 CALLAO, Peru (July 8, 2019) by MC2 Morgan K. Nall. |
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USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) anchored off the coast of Puntarenas, Costa Rica as the ship wraps up a medical mission. Comfort
is working with health and government partners in Central America, South America, and the Caribbean to provide care on the ship and at land-based medical sites,
helping to relieve pressure on national medical systems strained by an increase in Venezuelan migrants.
US Navy Photo # 190728-N-IA905-1022 PUNTARENAS, Costa Rica (July 28, 2019) by MC2 Morgan K. Nall. |
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The U.S. Coast Guard Sentinel-class cutters
USCGC Margaret Norvell (WPC-1105), front, and
USCGC Kathleen Moore (WPC-1109) pass USNS Comfort (T-AH-20) as anchored off the coast of Port-Au-Prince, Haiti in preparation for a six-day medical mission, Nov. 4, 2019.
Comfort is working with health and government partners in Central America, South America, and the Caribbean to provide care on the ship and at land-based
medical sites, helping to relieve pressure on national medical systems, including those strained by an increase in cross-border migrants.
US Navy Photo # 191104-N-IA905-1137 PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (Nov. 4, 2019 by MC2 Morgan K. Nall. |
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USNS Comfort (T-AH-20) docking at Manhattan, N.Y. assisted by three tugs. Note the small crowd gathered to welcome her, 30 March 2020.
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