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	All Aboard! Smile Train Partners With Mercy Ships
		Mercy Ships is pleased to work with Smile Train to alleviate this easily repaired condition that, left untreated, leaves children with a debilitating condition.
		Mercy Ships is literally bringing the hospital to the patients and we are very pleased to now partner with The Smile Train to restore hope and joy to children around the world.
		Mercy Ships is committed to alleviating human suffering and distress by bringing world-class medical and community services to the world's forgotten poor.
	www.prweb.com /releases/mercy_ships/smile_train/prweb512230.htm (636 words)

	USS Mercy
		Three hospital ships of the United States Navy have borne the name USS Mercy, in honor of the virtue of compassion.
		On 30 October 1917, she began conversion to a hospital ship at the New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, New York, and was commissioned USS Mercy on 24 January 1918.
		Mercy decommissioned at San Francisco, California, 17 May, was delivered to the War Department the same day, and transferred to the US Army 20 June for further service as a hospital ship.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/us/USS_Mercy.html (831 words)

	USNS Mercy (T-AH-19) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		USNS Mercy being refueled at sea, April 2005 during the ship's mission to aid the tsunami vicitims.
		The third USNS Mercy (T-AH-19) is a Mercy-class hospital ship in the United States Navy.
		USNS Mercy departed San Diego on January 5, 2005 en route to the tsunami-devastated regions of South East Asia, where she provided medical care to the victims of the disaster as part of Operation Unified Assistance.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/USNS_Mercy_(T-AH-19) (558 words)

	mercy. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Mercy Ships has been using a fleet of hospital ships to deliver free world-class health care services to the forgotten for more than 25 years.
		Mercy Ships currently has three hospital ships and offices in 17 countries and has visited more than 500 ports in over 50 developing nations.
		The ships are a haven on which miracles become commonplace: the blind see, the mute speak and the lame walk due to the care of gifted and generous surgeons.
	www.mercynewyork.com /mercyships.html (204 words)

	T-AH 19 Mercy Class - Navy Ships
		The ships are maintained in five-day reduced operating status (ROS) at East and West Coast layberths [in Baltimore, MD and San Diego CA] at their respective Sea Port of Embarkation (SPOE), and within 50 miles of their respective supporting Naval Medical Center/Hospital.
		Mercy went to the Philippines in 1987 for a humanitarian mission.
		The hospital ship USNS Mercy was activated during Kernel Blitz 97, a major amphibious exercise in Southern California and waters offshore between 20 June 1997 and 03 July 1997.
	www.fas.org /man/dod-101/sys/ship/tah-19.htm (843 words)

	From a Singapore Angle
		The hospital ship, one of two in the Naval Fleet Auxiliary Force, deployed Jan. 5 as a part of the multinational disaster relief effort in the wake of the tsunami that struck Southeast Asia.
		The ship’s crew also onloaded more than 200 pallets of medical supplies and stores that will be needed to sustain the mission for as long as the ship is needed in the region.
		The US navy ship Mercy was converted into a hospital ship in 1986 and is equipped with the latest medical technology, complete with tonnes of medical supplies.
	singaporeangle.blogspot.com /2005/01/usn-hospital-ship-usns-mercy.html (700 words)

	Mercy Class Hospital Ship (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19), based in San Diego, set sail Jan. 5 for the Indian Ocean area as part of relief effo...
		Two hospital ships [HSS] operated by Military Sealift Command are designed to provide emergency, on-site care for US combatant forces deployed in war or other...
		The hospital ship USNS Mercy was activated during Kernel.....hospital ships are converted San Clemente-class super tankers.
	www.eastvalleyhospital.org /mercyclasshospitalship.html (174 words)

	hospital ship - Surgery & hospital information directory
		The Centaur, 2/3rd Australian Hospital Ship, was a motor passenger ship converted in early 1943 for use as USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) USNS COMFORT is one of the two Hospital Ships of the Navy.
		Both ships are maintained by the Military Commissioned: December 1, 1987 (the hospital ship) Chateau Thierry as Hospital ship in World War II Chateau Thierry as Hospital ship in World War II.
		Source: Hospital Ships of World War II: An Illustrated Reference, Emory A. Massman, Sinking of the Hospital Ship Centaur The Centaur, 2/3rd Australian Hospital Ship, was a motor passenger ship converted in early 1943 for use as a hospital ship.
	www.howtek.com /hospital_ship.html (1108 words)

	Earth Force
		Echo Class Cruiser The Echo class cruiser is a replacement for the aging Hyperion class cruisers.
		The first two ships of this class were the EAS Echo and the EAS Hyperion II, which was sort of a tribute to the Hyperion and has the same paint scheme.
		Venturer II Class Explorer Scout (shown with Warlock for comparison) It was then, less than a century later, that the SFabri Corps designed a new building blueprint and soon began construction, secretly as to retain confidence, and not be subjugated by other sources, such as the general public or the EA Navy.
	www.wolfsshipyard.mystarship.com /EFGuest.html (7016 words)

	hospital ship - Surgery & hospital information directory
		Sinking of the hospital ship Centaur Australian War Memorial] Centaur (Hospital ship).
		The Centaur, 2/3rd Australian Hospital Ship, was a motor passenger ship converted in early 1943 for use as Hospital Ships of Army Transport Service Hospital Ships of Army Transport Service during World War II.USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) USNS COMFORT is one of the two Hospital Ships of the Navy.
		Both ships are maintained by the Military Commissioned: December 1, 1987 (the hospital ship)
	www.howtek.com /hospital_ship_article_78024.html (431 words)

	U.S. Pacific Command: An Official Military Website Mon, Dec. 11, 2006
		Mercy is uniquely capable of supporting medical and humanitarian assistance needs and is configured with special medical equipment and a robust multi-specialized medical team to provide a range of services ashore as well as aboard the ship.
		Mercy is on a scheduled five-month deployment to deliver aid and humanitarian assistance to the Pacific Islands, and South and Southeast Asia.
		Mercy is conducting a five-month humanitarian deployment to South and Southeast Asia, and the Pacific Islands.
	www.pacom.mil /special/mercy06/index.shtml (636 words)

	Mercy - Wookieepedia, the Star Wars Wiki
		Mercy was a medium-sized spaceship, appropriated by the Rebel Alliance while still under construction, and put in service by them as a hospital ship as of 5 ABY.
		What is known is that Mercy was more than two kilometers long and 250 meters across, and she could accommodate around 5000 patients, with 4250 bacta tanks—although even that was far from sufficient to meet the casualties of the Galactic Civil War.
		The ship was part of the fleet stationed at Milagro when a damaged Imperial-class Star Destroyer entered the system with a convoy of transports, and was defeated by the Rebel Dreadnaught New Hope.
	starwars.wikia.com /wiki/Mercy (354 words)

	Largest Charity Hospital Ship - Mercy Ships
		While the former cruise liners were converted into hospital ships, the organization's newest vessel will have a purpose-built hospital, allowing for greater numbers to be cared for.
		The former 1950's Italian passenger liner was pioneered as a hospital ship to serve the nations and tens of thousands of volunteers have helped bring the message of hope and healing to the developing nations.
		Mercy Ships, founded in 1978, delivers free world-class health care services to the poor living in developing nations.
	www.mercyships.org /site/c.agLOI4OFKrF/b.1450837/k.30EA/Largest_Charity_Hospital_Ship.htm (359 words)

	Custom Earth Force Designs
		The ships converted were basically stripped down to their main sturctural members during the process, so adding it wasn't as difficult as some had feared.
		Mercy Class Hospital Ship Intended to replace the converted liners used by the Earth Alliance since the Dilgar War, the Mercy class used the tried and true Omega class hull as its basis, removing all but the interceptor grid to comply with interstellar law on the arming of hospital ships.
		Some have expressed concern that the use of a destroyer hull might lead to accidental attacks, though the ship is clearly marked as a hospital ship and the advantages of using a proven hull design, and one that is much faster, and effective than any comperable civilian vessel, are seen as outweighing that possibility.
	www.wolfsshipyard.mystarship.com /EFCustom.html (1747 words)

	scott harrison - mercy.
		Although unheard of in developed nations for almost a century (the last fistula hospital in the US closed near the end of the 19th century), because of where she was born, Yamah is not alone with this condition.
		She was admitted to hospital in November of 2000 and scheduled for surgery.
		Mercy Ships is the world's largest non-governmental organization of hospital ships, the Anastasis currently the largest operating in the fleet.
	www.onamercyship.com /blog.html (12504 words)

	Stats: The concepts behind the logistic regression model
		For example, you might be interested in the length of stay in the hospital for mothers during an unremarkable delivery.
		That ship was struck by an iceberg and 863 passengers died out of a total of 1,313.
		Notice that the odds of dying are 0.67 to 1 in 1st class, 1.35 to 1 in 2nd class, and 4.15 to 1 in 3rd class.
	www.childrensmercy.org /stats/model/logistic/logist_concepts.asp (2665 words)

	Hospital ship Mercy arrives in Seventh Fleet AOR
		Mercy is currently deployed in support of Operation Unified Assistance, the humanitarian relief effort in the wake of the devastating tsunamis that struck Southeast Asia.
		The hospital ship with its crew of medical professionals and support personnel is well-suited to the task of providing medical assistance to disaster survivors.
		USNS Mercy is normally kept in reduced operating status with an on-board civilian mariner crew of 12 to maintain the vessel, and a hospital support staff of 58 military personnel who care for the ship's hospital facilities, equipment and supplies.
	www.c7f.navy.mil /news/2005/January/20.htm (626 words)

	USNS Mercy Concludes Bangladesh Aid Mission
		Chittagong, Bangladesh - The U.S. Navy hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) concluded an eight-day humanitarian assistance mission here July 8 where Mercy crew members, nongovernmental organization (NGO) volunteers, and foreign military medical professionals partnered together to perform a wide range of humanitarian and civic assistance and community outreach projects.
		Mercy’s biomedical equipment repair team worked ashore at the Chittagong Medical College Hospital where it fixed medical electrical equipment, providing the hospital greater capabilities and funds for other expenses.
		Mercy’s Navy crew worked together with a number of U.S. and Bangladesh government, military and civilian agencies, as well as military medical specialists from the U.S. Army and Air Force, India, Singapore and Canada to accomplish the medical, dental and civic-action programs that provided focused humanitarian assistance to the people of Bangladesh.
	www.military.com /features/0,15240,104834,00.html (864 words)

	Hospital Ship Mercy Sails for Indian Ocean
		Mercy contains 12 fully equipped operating rooms, a 1,000-bed hospital facility, digital radiological services, a diagnostic and clinical laboratory, a pharmacy, an optometry lab, a cat scan and two oxygen-producing plants.
		The Navy has deployed Mercy in an imaginative way, utilizing a creative approach to provide the type and level of care that will be needed to aid the tsunami victims.
		Mercy has 12 operating rooms, but it is likely the focus of care for this mission will be on patients suffering from illness or infections.
	www.navy.mil /search/display.asp?story_id=16523 (400 words)

	DCM Website 6 Gallery-John DeBonnaire Tribute
		The Essex Class is the primary vessel used to escort Courageous Class Heavy Cruisers on border patrols.
		The unarmed Mercy Class Hospital Ship is a variant on the Essex Class.
		The Valiant Class was the fastest ship of its day and its layout would serve as the inspiration for the Courageous Class Heavy Cruiser.
	www.dcmstarships.com /gallery-john-db-tribute.html (1709 words)

	hospital ship - Surgery and Hospital Directory and Information Provider
		Hospital Ship Returns to Liberia - Mercy Ships
		Hospital Ship Returns to Liberia - Mercy Ships The Mercy Ships hospital ship The Anastasis, arrived in Monrovia today for the second time this year, to provide free medical services to Liberians during Sinking of the hospital ship Centaur Australian War Memorial] Centaur (Hospital ship).
		The Centaur, 2/3rd Australian Hospital Ship, was a motor passenger ship converted in early 1943 for use as Chicago Tribune
	www.katycentral.com /hospital_ship.html (536 words)

	USNS Comfort (T-AH 20)
		With brief stopovers in Norfolk, Va., and Rota, Spain, the ship arrived on station in the Persian Gulf on Sept. 8, 1990.
		The ship's habitability and support services were fully activated in support of 460 embarked personnel from various federal government and international agencies.
		On 17 July 1917, the ship was transferred to the Navy for duty as a hospital ship.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/agency/navy/tah-20.htm (1991 words)

	Mercy Class Hospital Ships (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		IBiblio - Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1940-1945: AH Hospital Ships
		See specs for the non-combatant vessels characterized by the classes of relief, solace, bountiful, samaritan, refuge, rescue, comfort, and haven.
		Background: Both hospital ships are converted San Clemente.....staff..
	www.eastvalleyhospital.org /mercyclasshospitalships.html (148 words)

	Becoming Accustomed to Comfort
		030122-N-0780F-002 Souda Bay, Crete, Greece (Jan. 22, 2003) -- USNS Comfort (T-AH 20), a Mercy-class hospital ship, enters the harbor during her transit of the eastern Mediterranean.
		The ship is now able to care for 1,000 patients at a time.
		Hospital Corpsman Shawn Pattisonball has been in the Navy for eight months and agrees with Wilson.
	www.navy.mil /search/display.asp?story_id=6323 (603 words)

	Stats #25: What do all these numbers mean? Regression coefficients
		This class is useful for anyone who is involved with producing or interpreting medical research.
		The classes are short (no more than three hours long) and modular (so you can take the classes in any order).
		The effect, however, is not as strong in 3rd class passengers as it is in first and second class passengers.
	www.childrensmercy.org /stats/training/hand25.asp (5251 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > News > Military -- Another mission of Mercy
		The trip is a follow-up to the Mercy's 2004-05 mission to aid survivors of the South Asian tsunami.
		The main job of Mercy and its East Coast sister ship, the Comfort, is to float near war zones to treat injured troops away from the front.
		But the Mercy's post-tsunami work in Indonesia, along with the Comfort's short-notice mission to the Gulf Coast after Hurricane Katrina, convinced military and civilian leaders of the goodwill value of the ships.
	www.signonsandiego.com /news/military/20060425-9999-1m25mercy.html (918 words)

	USNS Mercy
		Mercy is anchored off the coast of Zamboanga and has already provided medical assistance to thousands of local residents.
		NMCB-40 is attached to the U.S. Naval hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) for a five-month humanitarian deployment to South Asia, Southeast Asia, and the Pacific Islands.
		The Showband is deployed with Military Sealift Command (MSC) hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) and is scheduled to play at various locations during Mercy’s five-month humanitarian assistance deployment to South and Southeast Asia, and the Pacific Islands.
	www.cpf.navy.mil /news_images/Mercy/photos_may06.htm (9015 words)

	LSU Medical Teams Will Staff Floating Hospital in New Orleans
		The ship, which is already receiving patients, is docked at the Poland Street Warf, adjacent to New Orleans' Ninth Ward, the area hardest hit by flooding from Hurricane Katrina.
		The ship is an ultra- modern trauma-one facility that includes 12 fully-equipped operating rooms, 1000 beds, radiological services, a medical laboratory, a pharmacy, a cat scan and two oxygen producing plants.
		"The hospitals will be replaced by state-of-the-art facilities," said LSU Systems President Dr. William Jenkins, who added, "The Comfort will help provide much-needed emergency care in the interim." Based out of Baltimore, the Comfort is a Mercy Class hospital ship that joined the fleet in December 1987 and is assigned to the Military Sealift Command.
	www.prnewswire.com /cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/09-30-2005/0004135925&EDATE= (430 words)

	Ghana President Praises Mercy Ship as 'Vessel of God' \| Christianpost.com
		Parker also noted that the Mercy Ships crew added a 6,000 square foot maternity ward to a Tema clinic, built a 2,150 square foot youth health center in the region’s largest slum, and provided additional classroom space for a Tema school.
		Mercy Ships was founded in 1978 as a global charity with the mission of bringing world-class medical and community services to developing nations.
		Mercy Ships has performed more than 1.5 million free services with a value of $600 million for the poor in developing countries.
	www.christianpost.com /article/20070223/25985_Ghana_President_Praises_Mercy_Ship_as_'Vessel_of_God'.htm (610 words)

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