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File: 120396_sep96_decls23_0001.txt
Subject: USNS COMFORT SLIDE PRESENTATION
Unit: VAR. BUMED
Parent Organization: BUMED
Box ID: BX303816
Folder Title: USNS COMFORT TAH 20 PUBLIC RELATIONS NEWS RELEASES AUG 90-APR 91
Document Number: 42
Folder SEQ #: 2
USNS CU@MFU@RT
SLIDE PRESENIATIC-N
SLIDE DESCRIPTION COMMENT
I CARTOON
2 "RED ROVER" NAVY'S FIRST H2SPITAL SHIP 7(j-KD
3 LISS CO.'IFORT (AH-3) WW-1 SHIP. USED MAINLY FOR TRANSPCRTI\,G
F'AT:ENTS
4 LISS COMFORT (Ali-6) SHIP. WAS HIT BY A KAV.'KAZE
ATTACK -'AHILE OFF THE OKINAWA COAST. REC'D
@- BATTLE STARS. SHIF' WAS REPAIRED AND
RETURNED TO SERVICE AFTER ATTACK
5 USNS COMFORT (T-AH 20) 20TH HOSP'TAL SHIP (THIRD NAMED COMFORT)
1,000 PATIENT BED. FULLY STAcr-ED HAS
ALMOST 1,200 CREW MEMBERS. (INCLUDING
MILITARY SEALIFT CREW TO PL@OT THE 51.4:P
AND A VARIE-Y OF SUPPORT PERSONNEL IN
ADDIT:ON TO THE MEDICAL PP-RSONNEL)
6 SS ROSE CITY THIS IS HOW THE SHIP LOOKED PRIOR TO THC:
CONVERSION FROM A SAN CLEMENTE SUPER OIL
TANKER TO A HOSPITAL SHIP. THE SHIP BUILT
TN THE MID 70'S BY NATI@'AL STEEL !,
SHIPP'JILDING, SAN DIEGO WHO ALSO DII) THE
CONVERSION. NOTICE THE 2R:DGE -IN TOP OP
THE AFTERDECK HOUSE.
7 ORIGINAL MAIN DECK THIS IS A VIEW OF THE SS ROSE CITY PRIOR
TO THE REMOVAL OF ALL THE PIPING THAT HAD
70 BE REMOVED JUST TO REMOVE THE MAIN
DECK
9 ORIGINAL IAIN DECK A PARTIAL VIEW OF THE MAIN TANKS
9 TANKS THE 6 TANKS LEFT INTACT WILL -RE WHERE THE
MEDICAL TREATMENT FA-IIL'ITY (mTF) WILL BE
INSTALLED. THERE ARE NO WATER Tlro@:T
@@CORS CN THIS SHIP. TH;: S41P i'E--Pc IT'S
WATERTI'-:wT INTEGRITY BY UTILIZ'N@o' THE SIX
TANi'S. CNE CANNOT PASS BETWEEN THESE
TANKS. TO TRANSIT THE SHIP r-iELL)@) 71-.E
MAIN DECK ONE MUST ASCEND TO THE MAIN
DEZI', CROSS OVER AND THEN DESCEND INTO
ANOTHER 7ANK. WARDS AND B@RT@i'NG
CO@F'ARTMENT ARE LOCATED THE I'@ATt@
DE-L@@. THE MAIN DECK HAS T.-lE "@@RITICAL
CARE ARPA" -CASUALTY RECEPTION, X-RAY,
O.R. eot,4PLEX, RECOVERY R[)O@ AND THE
INTENS:VE CARE WARDS)
10 PERSOtm IN TANK THIS GIVES THE V:E4ER AN IDEA OF H--W DEEP
THE TANKS ARE
OVERHEAD LIGHTS THE MTF WAS PRE-FAERTCATED PIERS!DE AND
THEN, AS MODULES, WAS LIFTED TNTO PLACE.
THIS SLIDE S@L-WS OVERHEAD LIGHTINS 5EI.%G
FABRICATED. -,HIS NEx METHOD "HANDS-i)OWI.\,"
;AAS 'FIRST USED HERE. IT I!O@PRGVED
EFFICIENCY AS WELL AS DECREASED !NJ'@'RIES
B-CCA'JSE THE WOR@'ERS @ERE @.' TRYIN-@ TO
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File Room = sep96_declassified
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Box ID = BX303816
Unit = VAR. BUMED
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Folder Title = USNS COMFORT TAH 20 PUBLIC RELATIONS NEWS RELEASES AUG 90-APR 91
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Subject = USNS COMFORT SLIDE PRESENTATION
Document Seq # = 42
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Queued for Declassification = 01-JAN-1980
Short Term Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Long Term Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Permanent Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Non-Health Related Document = 01-JAN-1980
Declassified = 22-NOV-1996