US Naval Hospital Ship Mercy

Tied up on the Willamette River for refitment. With the world as it is, we couldn't get any closer.





https://news.usni.org/2020/05/15/usns-mercy-leaves-los-angeles-after-treating-77-patients-some-personnel-will-remain-in-l-a

In what has to be the single most expensive mercy operation, per person, of the USN, the ship moved to Los Angeles and treated a total of 77 patients. None of these were Covid patients. The expected (or at least fantasized about) massive overload of SoCal hospitals never occurred.

Didn't the Navy move another one up to NYC for the same purpose?

Armybrat said:

Didn't the Navy move another one up to NYC for the same purpose?

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Yep,

The Comfort is now in Norfolk. She was berthed in Baltimore for quite a while.