# Scrapping of USNS Comfort or Mercy **URL:** \ **Category:** Professional Mariner Forum\ **Created:** [March 20, 2018, 10:53pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/scrapping-of-usns-comfort-or-mercy/47628 "2018-03-20T22:53:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jimrr](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/jimrr/32/38358_2.png) [@jimrr](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/jimrr)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2018, 10:53pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/scrapping-of-usns-comfort-or-mercy/47628/1 "2018-03-20T22:53:46Z")
Military news (.com)? … says the Navy is proposing scrapping one of the two hospital ships. A cost cutting move to ‘improve’ the force. Despite the ship is run by volunteers… I don’t even know if a Uniform has been on there for … how long? Vietnam? ---
**Author:** ![jimrr](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/jimrr/32/38358_2.png) [@jimrr](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/jimrr)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2018, 10:55pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/scrapping-of-usns-comfort-or-mercy/47628/2 "2018-03-20T22:55:31Z")
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**Author:** ![cali\_deckie](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/cali_deckie/32/73837_2.png) [@cali\_deckie](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/cali_deckie)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2018, 12:19am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/scrapping-of-usns-comfort-or-mercy/47628/3 "2018-03-21T00:19:29Z")
Wrong lots of active duty navy when they crew up. Usually a few 0-6s all the way down to E-3s. I think there is a permanent crew of 50 or so the rest come from balboa or portsmouth naval hospitals. ---
**Author:** ![jimrr](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/jimrr/32/38358_2.png) [@jimrr](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/jimrr)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2018, 1:26am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/scrapping-of-usns-comfort-or-mercy/47628/4 "2018-03-21T01:26:19Z")
well, that’s something to know. I’d considered volunteering for a while aboard the Mercy but never did. They wanted assistant engineers and i’d been led to believe it was touch and go for their crewing… non-the-less, i don’t see how one or even three of those ships would be sufficient in the next ‘real’ war. ---
**Author:** ![DamnYankee](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/damnyankee/32/514_2.png) [@DamnYankee](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/DamnYankee)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2018, 1:28am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/scrapping-of-usns-comfort-or-mercy/47628/5 "2018-03-21T01:28:04Z")
You’re thinking of Mercy Ships. The thread is about the USNS Mercy and Comfort. US government hospital ships. ---
**Author:** ![jimrr](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/jimrr/32/38358_2.png) [@jimrr](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/jimrr)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2018, 1:49am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/scrapping-of-usns-comfort-or-mercy/47628/6 "2018-03-21T01:49:41Z")
Lets assume there is only one each Mercy and Comfort. in which caseI knew they had some military affiliation but I didn’t realize they had any military crewmen, like some other govt. ships. ---
**Author:** ![Louisd75](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f04885/32.png) [@Louisd75](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Louisd75)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2018, 2:07am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/scrapping-of-usns-comfort-or-mercy/47628/7 "2018-03-21T02:07:50Z")
I think you’ve gotten yourself thoroughly confused now. The USNS Mercy and USNS Comfort are entirely government, being run by Military Sealift Command, crewed by MSC CIVMARS and manned up with military when they’re sailing. The USNS Mercy and USNS Comfort are both converted oil tankers. Mercy Ships is an entirely different organization that has no government affiliation and is run off of donations by volunteers. They currently only have one ship, the MV Africa Mercy, which is a converted ferry. ---
**Author:** ![cali\_deckie](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/cali_deckie/32/73837_2.png) [@cali\_deckie](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/cali_deckie)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2018, 2:18am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/scrapping-of-usns-comfort-or-mercy/47628/8 "2018-03-21T02:18:42Z")
I think youre thinking of [https://www.mercyships.org/who-we-are/our-ships/](https://www.mercyships.org/who-we-are/our-ships/). When the mercy does humanitarian trips they usually partner with med schools and dental schools. The mercy is underway right now for Pacific partnership I would assume she has students and volunteers onboard in addition to naval personnel but I do not know if they did this year. ---
**Author:** ![jimrr](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/jimrr/32/38358_2.png) [@jimrr](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/jimrr)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2018, 2:28am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/scrapping-of-usns-comfort-or-mercy/47628/9 "2018-03-21T02:28:29Z")
thanks Louisd…, got it. ---
**Author:** ![DeckApe](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/deckape/32/1271_2.png) [@DeckApe](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/DeckApe)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2018, 8:16am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/scrapping-of-usns-comfort-or-mercy/47628/10 "2018-03-21T08:16:31Z")
> [@jimrr](#): > > Despite the ship is run by volunteers… Volunteers? Those are some of the highest paid ships in MSC. It was without a doubt the highest paid ship I’ve been on in almost 20 years. ---
**Author:** ![Seago](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/seago/32/209_2.png) [@Seago](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Seago)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2018, 3:10pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/scrapping-of-usns-comfort-or-mercy/47628/11 "2018-03-23T15:10:42Z")
The _USNS Mercy and Comfort_ were San Clemente class tankers (660,000 barrels) the _Rose City_ and the _Worth_, operated by Apex Marine before they were converted into hospital ships in, I believe, the late 80’s. Here is a photo of the _Rose City_ in its original configuration. ![Rose%20City](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/gcaptain_maritime_forum/original/2X/9/99594717b08cf319de1d23db7fe03f441167ad50.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![ombugge](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/ombugge/32/11217_2.png) [@ombugge](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/ombugge)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2018, 1:51pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/scrapping-of-usns-comfort-or-mercy/47628/12 "2018-03-24T13:51:59Z")
USNS Comfort ex Rose City on [Shipspotting.com](http://Shipspotting.com): [http://www.shipspotting.com/gallery/photo.php?lid=355247](http://www.shipspotting.com/gallery/photo.php?lid=355247) Note the open lifeboats still retained. ---
**Author:** ![Seago](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/seago/32/209_2.png) [@Seago](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Seago)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2018, 10:45pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/scrapping-of-usns-comfort-or-mercy/47628/13 "2018-03-24T22:45:43Z")
That picture of the _Rose City_ was taken some time in the mid 1970’s. ---
**Author:** ![saltyseamen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@saltyseamen](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/saltyseamen)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2018, 5:04am UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/scrapping-of-usns-comfort-or-mercy/47628/14 "2018-03-25T05:04:14Z")
So what? She spends 99% of her time at the dock.