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'Comfort' will travel to Latin America on humanitarian visit
Published in the BS:
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/na...may31,0,4272801.story?coll=bal-home-headlines
The USNS Comfort, one of two Naval hospital ships in the U.S. Naval Fleet, sits at Pier 11 in the Baltimore Harbor. Home-ported in Baltimore, the Comfort is scheduled to depart on a humanitarian mission to South America.
(Sun photo by Glenn Fawcett)
May 30, 2007
Published in the BS:
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/na...may31,0,4272801.story?coll=bal-home-headlines
The hospital ship USNS Comfort leaves its Baltimore home today without the usual war or natural disaster on its itinerary, but preparing nonetheless for one of the busiest and most complicated missions of its 20-year service in the U.S. Navy.
Instead of rushing to a crisis, as it did in New Orleans and the Persian Gulf on recent deployments, the ship is beginning a carefully choreographed 120-day tour of Central and South America that will take it to 12 countries with varying medical and humanitarian needs....

The USNS Comfort, one of two Naval hospital ships in the U.S. Naval Fleet, sits at Pier 11 in the Baltimore Harbor. Home-ported in Baltimore, the Comfort is scheduled to depart on a humanitarian mission to South America.
(Sun photo by Glenn Fawcett)
May 30, 2007