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Deepwater Horizon – Are Emergency Support Vessels Needed?

By On July 27, 2010

In October 2009 the Transocean rig Marianas began drilling a well named Macondo, but she suffered damage in a hurricane and was replaced by the Deepwater Horizon. Five months later [...]

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USNS Comfort Operating at Full Capacity for First Time in History

By On January 23, 2010

Army and Navy forces began flying Haitian earthquake victims to the USNS Comfort hospital ship Thursday in what military officials described as the largest medical evacuation in the storied ship’s [...]

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Defense Secretary Robert Gates: “You cannot fully meet the needs of over 2 million people just using helicopters”

By On January 20, 2010

A Navy helicopter prepares to land on the hospital ship USNS Comfort as it anchors in the harbor at Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The Comfort deployed as part of a larger task [...]

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MARAD Orders More Ships to Assist in Haitian Relief

By On January 18, 2010

Norfolk, VA posted January 18, 2010 / WVEC.com Three of five Merchant Marine ships being mobilized for duty in Haiti are from Hampton Roads. The U.S. Maritime Administration announced Monday [...]

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Hospital Ship Centaur – Found After 60 Years

By On January 12, 2010

A ship that fueled global anger amongst mariners during World War II was recently found off Australia’s Queensland coast. The BBC tells us: An Australian World War II hospital ship, [...]

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hospital ship comfort returns from humanitarian voyage

By On October 13, 2007

Back in June we brought you the departure of one of our favorite ships, the USNS Comfort hospital ship. You can read that article including ship details HERE. Today PilotOnline [...]

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Hospital Ship Comfort Departs to South America

By On June 14, 2007

In some of the most positive military news of recent memory we get word of preparations being made aboard the USNS Comfort for tomorrow’s departure on a humanitarian mission to [...]

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