USNS Comfort

USNS Comfort is the second Mercy Class hospital ship to join Navy's fleet. She was delivered to the Navy on Dec. 1, 1987 and assigned to the Military Sealift Command.

The Bureau of Medicine and Surgery is the authority for the onboard Medical Treatment Facility (MTF). WRNMMC staffs the MTF during deployments.

Civilian mariners maintain the Comfort in dock and operate her underway.

USNS Comfort web site.

USNS Comfort is equipped to care for victims of medical trauma, including those suffering from the effects of chemical or biological attack.

The “floating hospital” has a helicopter deck, 1,000 beds, 12 operating rooms, four intensive care units, a medical lab, an optometry lab, CT scan devices, an emergency room, a blood bank containing more than 3,000 units, decontamination facilities to handle a chemical or nuclear attack, and other medical services typically found in a large city hospital.

When operating at full capacity, the USNS COMFORT is staffed with 1,200 active duty WRNMMC medical and hospital support personnel, and 60 civilian mariners who operate the ship.