NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — The USNS Comfort hospital ship is expected to set sail for New York Saturday with a send-off from President Trump. U.S. Navy Reserve sailors arrived Wednesday on board the USNS ...

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 ...

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 ...

“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 ...