NEW YORK - APP USERS CLICK HERE TO WATCH LIVE The USNS Comfort, a Navy hospital ship with 1,000 beds, 12 operating rooms and a full medical staff, is scheduled to arrive at Manhattan's Pier 90 late Monday morning.
The floating hospital will be used to treat non-coronavirus patients to free up space in city hospitals. The USNS Comfort arrives in New York City. (March 30, 2020 ) GO INSIDE USNS COMFORT AND USNS MERCY The ship left Norfolk, Virginia, Saturday where it was docked, for maintenance.
The Navy was asked earlier this month to "expedite" the maintenance. The military sent the USNS Mercy, its sister ship, to California to help cities there overwhelmed by COVID-19 patients.