The crew of the USNS Comfort, the Baltimore-based hospital ship that took part in the Gulf War, began preparing yesterday for a Christmastime mission in Somalia as part of Operation Restore Hope. T… ...

The world's largest civilian hospital ship travels the west African coast, restoring sight to thousands and bringing smiles to faces once disfigured by tumors The following script is from "Africa ...

Couple gives back on ship of hope Floating hospital travels to the world’s poorest regions ...

MERCY Ships, a leading global medical charity operating hospital ships, is transforming lives in Africa by providing life-saving surgeries, vital medical training and support to local health care ...

Earlier this week President Donald Trump announced he would be sending the Navy hospital ship Comfort home from New York City, cutting short a highly-touted but anticlimactic mission. USNS Comfort ...

Both ships are expected to hold around 1,000 hospital beds and will have the capacity to conduct general surgeries and critical care. They are nearly three football fields long and 10 stories high.

The huge white hospital ship anchored in the Port-au-Prince bay is impossible to miss, drawing Haitians from all over in hopes of a chance to see a doctor and get medical treatment.

Hospital ships, incongruous in the midst of heavy artillery, machine-gun fire and blackouts, are painted spotless white; a broad green band around the ship has large red crosses superimposed.

Q: How did you become involved with Mercy Ships? I heard about Mercy Ships at UAB and was drawn to the idea of a hospital ship. I had been on medical mission trips before, where the work we did was ...