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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMore background in the inspiring random saga of the hospital ships!
Mercy and Comfort Sit in Alabama Shipyard... The USNS Mercy, commissioned in 1986, departed San Diego last July for a one-year scheduled maintenance period at Alabama Shipyard under an $18.7 million firm-fixed-price contract for a 153-calendar day mid-term availability, including drydocking. The contract, awarded in June 2025, marked the Mercys first visit to Mobile ...
AIS data currently shows both U.S. Navy hospital shipsthe USNS Mercy and her sister ship USNS Comfortmoored at the Mobile shipyard. Alabama Shipyard announced on January 23 that the arrival of USNS Comfort marked the first time in 30 years that the two hospital ships have been alongside one another, calling it a historic moment ...
In his social media post, Trump indicated he is working with Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry on the Greenland deploymen ...
The Prime Minister of Greenland, Jens-Frederik Nielsen, said ...
We have a public healthcare system where treatment is free for citizens. That is a deliberate choice and a fundamental part of our society. That is not the case in the United States, where seeing a doctor comes at a cost.
We are always open to dialogue and cooperation including with the United States. But please speak with us instead of making more or less random statements on social media ...
https://gcaptain.com/trump-announces-greenland-hospital-ship-mission-as-mercy-and-comfort-sit-in-alabama-shipyard/
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More background in the inspiring random saga of the hospital ships! (Original Post)
struggle4progress
13 hrs ago
OP
In other words, Resident Rump says he's asking the Louisiana governor to help him get
struggle4progress
12 hrs ago
#2
Donnie says: If it's in dry dock, let's just transport it over land to Greenland. 2-3 days by truck, right?
erronis
10 hrs ago
#6
ornotna
(11,444 posts)1. So in other words
Not going to Greenland any time soon.
struggle4progress
(125,850 posts)2. In other words, Resident Rump says he's asking the Louisiana governor to help him get
a hospital ship from it's dry dock in Alabama to Greenland, where it's unneeded and unwanted
Instead of Greenland, Governor Landry Might Want to Send the Hospital Boat to Louisiana
Feb 22, 2026
By Dean Baker
In its latest effort at clownery, the Trump administration announced that it would send a hospital boat to Greenland to provide healthcare to the population there. The precipitating incident seems to be that a U.S. seaman aboard a nuclear submarine patrolling near Greenland, needed immediate medical attention and was brought to a hospital in Nuuk, Greenlands capital ... I suspect many people in Governor Landrys state would be happy to hear about him working with Trump to improve the quality of care for people in Louisiana.
Feb 22, 2026
By Dean Baker
In its latest effort at clownery, the Trump administration announced that it would send a hospital boat to Greenland to provide healthcare to the population there. The precipitating incident seems to be that a U.S. seaman aboard a nuclear submarine patrolling near Greenland, needed immediate medical attention and was brought to a hospital in Nuuk, Greenlands capital ... I suspect many people in Governor Landrys state would be happy to hear about him working with Trump to improve the quality of care for people in Louisiana.
erronis
(23,349 posts)6. Donnie says: If it's in dry dock, let's just transport it over land to Greenland. 2-3 days by truck, right?
mopinko
(73,514 posts)3. anyone else remember when he sent them to puerto rico after maria, but
docked them away from shore so no 1 cd get to them?
Botany
(76,881 posts)4. Attn Donny: "But please speak with us instead of making more or less random statements on social media"
Double Z snaps in the air with a twist.
That was a smack down by Jens-Frederik Nielsen.
Cha
(318,000 posts)5. TY Kick... may it sit there forever. nt
markodochartaigh
(5,317 posts)7. Maybe the Prime Minister of Greenland
could send a ship to Alabama laden with medical supplies and personnel, sort of like the great organization Remote Area Medical sets up pop-up clinics.
2naSalit
(101,497 posts)8. Can't expect...
Anything but fecal mater to emerge from the orange facial sphincter.
Pathetic.