Navy hospital ship to end deployment

The Navy hospital ship USNS Comfort’s six-month deployment will end Sept. 25 – delayed one day due to East Coast weather conditions - for about 100 military and civilian personnel when it moors overnight at Naval Station Mayport, Fla. Another 900 will continue on to the ship’s home port in Norfolk, Va. During the deployment, ship personnel provided medical care to about 122,000 patients across an 11-nation Caribbean tour, according to the Navy. (Source: Florida Times Union 09/24/15) Gulf Coast Maritime Note: Among the sailors disembarking from Comfort at Mayport are 19 from Naval Hospital Pensacola, Fla.