USNS Mercy (T-AH-19)

**Mercy**
Ship data
flag	United States
other ship names	Worth (1976-1985)
Ship type	Hospital ship
class	( Mercy class )
home port	San Diego
Shipyard	National Steel and Shipbuilding Company , San Diego
Launch	July 1, 1975
Commissioning	1976
reactivation	November 8, 1986
Ship dimensions and crew
length	272.40 m ( Lüa )
width	32.30 m
displacement	63,000 t
crew	1,300
Machine system
machine	2 × Forster-Wheeler boiler; 2 × GE - Turbine
Machine ; performance	24,500 hp (18,020 kW)
Top ; speed	17 kn (31 km / h)
propeller	1
Others
Classifications	Hospital ship
Registration ; numbers	IMO 7390454

The USNS Mercy (T-AH-19) is a hospital ship of the US Navy . It is the third ship to be named Mercy . She is commissioned as the United States Naval Ship (USNS).

history

The Mercy was built in 1976 as an oil tanker Worth at the National Steel and Shipbuilding Company in San Diego . The conversion to a hospital ship began in July 1984 at the shipyard. The commissioning took place on November 8, 1986.

The Mercy in the Pacific en route to Southeast Asia in support of victims of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake

The Mercy on the coast of Banda Aceh , Sumatra , after the December 26, 2004 earthquake

The first operation was in support of Operation Desert Shield . The mission lasted from August 15, 1990 to March 16, 1991. On April 23, she arrived in Oakland . The home port is San Diego in the US state California . Also in the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami that had Mercy in use.

2020 Los Angeles COVID-19 Pandemic

In March 2020, Mercy served to support the care of non- COVID-19 patients in Los Angeles .

Furnishing

The medical equipment includes a radiology department , eleven treatment rooms, a blood bank , medical laboratories and 15 hospital wards with 80 intensive care beds , workshops for the production of prostheses and for the repair of medical devices.

Web links

Commons : USNS Mercy (T-AH-19) - Collection of Images, Videos, and Audio Files

Details of hospital ships Comfort and Mercy of the United States Navy (Engl.)

Footnotes

[1] sheet of Mercy (Engl.)

[2] History of Mercy (Engl.)

[3] Equipment of the Mercy (engl.)