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 Command, Lieutenant Commander Holly Vickers says the ship had fully trained surgeon’s, anesthesia providers, nurses, and medical technologists.
The Comfort provides maritime medical services across the world for disaster relief and humanitarian missions…