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Engineer Goes Off The Rails In Alleged Aim For Mercy
Thursday, April 2, 2020 - 5:22pm | 751There have been plenty of action-adventure films about an anarchist bent on doing evil with a fast-moving plane, bus or submarine. In a plot that appears not to have been well thought out, a train engineer allegedly tried to do harm to the USNS Mercy at the Port of Los Angeles this week with a...
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Maritime History Notes: America's Hospital Ships
Wednesday, April 1, 2020 - 9:28am | 843In the past few weeks, there have been numerous media reports about the two hospital ships, the USNS Comfort and the USNS Mercy. They are the two largest hospital ships in the world. However, both started their service as crude oil tankers. The ancient Greeks earn the credit for having the first...
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Port Of Los Angeles Receives Mercy
Friday, March 27, 2020 - 2:46pm | 512The Navy hospital ship USNS Mercy arrived at the Port of Los Angeles Friday morning to support COVID-19 response efforts. The Mercy docked at the World Cruise Terminal, idled by the cruise industry's shutdown during the coronavirus crisis. A spokesman for the U.S. Navy 3rd Fleet said the Mercy...