Please visit our official homepage at http://www.mercy.navy.mil/. The third MERCY (T-AH 19) was built as an oil tanker, SS WORTH, by National Steel and Shipbuilding Co., San Diego, in 1976. Starting in July 1984, she was renamed and converted to a hospital ship by the same company. Launched on 20 July 1985, USNS MERCY was commissioned 8 November 1986. On 27 February 1987, MERCY began a training an
d humanitarian cruise to the Philippines and the South Pacific. The staff included U.S. Navy, Army, and Air Force active duty and reserve personnel; U.S. Public Health service; medical providers from the Armed Forces of the Philippines; and MSC civilian mariners. Over 62,000 outpatients and almost 1,000 inpatients were treated at seven Philippine and South Pacific ports. MERCY returned to Oakland, CA, on 13 July 1987. USNS MERCY is currently in homeport, San Diego, California. OPERATION DESERT SHIELD/DESERT STORM. On 9 August 1990, MERCY was activated in support of Operation Desert Shield. Departing on 15 August 1990, she arrived in the Arabian Gulf on 15 September 1990. For the next six months, MERCY provided support to the multinational allied forces. She admitted 690 patients and performed almost 300 surgeries. After treating the 21 American and two Italian repatriated prisoners of war, she departed for home on 16 March 1991, arriving in Oakland on 23 April 1991. PACIFIC PARTNERSHIP 2008. MERCY treated more than 90,000 people in the Republic of the Philippines, Vietnam, Timor-Leste, Papua New Guinea, and the Federated States of Micronesia. The services that were provided included: surgery, primary care, radiological tests, medication distribution, laboratory tests, physical therapy, optometry, and dental procedures. The non-direct patient care services included: engineering and construction projects, biomedical repair, veterinary services, and environmental health projects. MERCY also provided the host nations with training on a variety of topics such as basic life support, obstetric nursing, and nutrition. PACIFIC PARTNERSHIP 2010. MERCY treated more than 109,000 people in Vietnam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Timor-Leste, and Papua New Guinea. We admitted 1,580 patients onboard and performed 859 surgeries. (Update in progress….) PACIFIC PARTNERSHIP 2012. RIM OF THE PACIFIC (RIMPAC) EXERCISE 2014. PACIFIC PARTNERSHIP 2015. PACIFIC PARTNERSHIP 2016.
