 "Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD)")
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Hospital ship preps for a novel mission: 'Comfort' will travel to Latin America on humanitarian visit.
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Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD)
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May 31, 2007
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Byline: Robert Little
May 31--The hospital ship USNS Comfort leaves its Baltimore home today without the usual war or natural disaster on its itinerary, but preparing nonetheless for one of the busiest and most complicated missions of its 20-year service in the U.S. Navy.
Instead of rushing to a crisis, as it did in New Orleans and the Persian Gulf on recent deployments, the ship is beginning a carefully choreographed 120-day tour of Central and South America ...
