This story and photo by U.S. Navy Mass Communication Specialist !st Class David Mora Jr. is taken by a release from the United States Navy Web Site at: https://www.navy.mil/view_imagex.asp?id=310511&t=1. Photo shows the Military Sealift Command hospital ship, USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) preparing to depart San Diego CA on March 23, 2020. The USNS Mercy will serve to assist with the current U.S. Covid 19 response in cooperation with Federal Emergency Management Agency as well as state, local and public health authorities to help protect the health and safety of the American people.
