Most of the WW2 Hospital ships were AH- and were US Army Hospital (AH) ships piloted by US NAVY crews. I had a few family members serve on board these ships in WW2. AH-6 USS Comfort was decommissioned is used as a training ship. AH-7 USS Hope was scrapped in 1978. AH-8 USS Mercy was scrapped in 1970.
TODAY’S HOSPITAL SHIPS USNS MERCY Today, the Navy operates two dedicated hospital ships, the USNS Mercy (T-AH-19). and the USNS Comfort (T-AH-20). Both ships were converted from San Clemente-class supertankers. Mercy was on line in 1986 and Comfort launched in 1987. They are huge, equivalent to the height of a 10-story building and the length of three football fields. Both serve as 70,000-metric-ton symbols of how much America cares as a nation and as a people. If a tanker can be transformed into a symbol of hope, consider how the Mercy and Comfort transform the health-care professionals aboard.
