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 ...

GREENSBORO — A U.S. Naval lieutenant who grew up in the city battles COVID-19 on the front lines in New York City. Lt. Catharyn Nosek works as a critical care nurse in intensive care aboard the ...

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 ...

Less than 48 hours after shipping out of Norfolk, the USNS Comfort arrived at Pier 88 in Manhattan. The ship's 1,100 doctors, nurses, corpsmen, and support staff will treat patients who do not have ...

MIAMI (WSVN) - The men and women of the U.S. Navy’s hospital ship Comfort made a South Florida stop ahead of a humanitarian mission across the Caribbean, Central America and South America. “We are so ...

“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 ...

(NEW YORK) — The sound of two bells rang through the loud speakers of the U.S. Navy’s floating hospital on Saturday to celebrate the arrival of a newborn baby girl. The Navy’s USNS Comfort was sailing ...

NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — President Donald Trump announced in a press conference Thursday that the USNS Comfort hospital ship is expected to depart Virginia on Saturday to provide aid to New York. The ...