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{{Short description|Hospital ship class in use with the United States Navy}} {|{{Infobox ship begin|infobox caption=''Mercy''-class hospital ship}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2023}} {{Infobox ship image |Ship image=The hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) June 6, 2012, in Manado, Indonesia, during Pacific Partnership 2012 120606-N-CW427-402.jpg |Ship caption=USNS ''Mercy'' in 2012 }} {{Infobox ship class overview |Name=''Mercy'' class |Builders=[[National Steel and Shipbuilding Company]] |Operators={{Naval|United States}} |Class before= {{sclass|Haven|hospital ship|4}} |Class after= |Subclasses= |Cost= |Built range= 1974β1976 as {{sclass|San Clemente|oil tanker|1}}s |In service range= |In commission range=1986–present |Total ships building= |Total ships planned= |Total ships completed=2 |Total ships cancelled= |Total ships active=2 |Total ships laid up= |Total ships lost= |Total ships retired= |Total ships preserved= }} {{Infobox ship characteristics |Hide header= |Header caption= |Ship type=[[Hospital ship]] |Ship displacement={{Convert|69360|LT|t|0|lk=in|abbr=on}} |Ship length={{Convert|894|ft|m|abbr=on}} |Ship beam={{Convert|105|ft|7|in|m|abbr=on}} |Ship draft= |Ship propulsion=Two boilers, two GE turbines, one shaft, {{Convert|24500|hp|MW|0|abbr=on}} |Ship speed={{Convert|17.5|kn|lk=in}} |Ship range= |Ship complement=*12 civilian and 58 military during Reduced Operating Status *61 civilian and 1,214 military during Full Operating Status |Ship time to activate=76 hours |Ship sensors= |Ship EW= |Ship armament=*Multiple crew served machine gun mounts<ref>{{cite web|title=MSC 2005 in Review Home βΊ Publications βΊ Annual Report βΊ 2005 βΊ Appendix|url=http://www.msc.navy.mil/annualreport/2005/appendix.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130302014840/http://www.msc.navy.mil/annualreport/2005/appendix.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=2 March 2013|website=www.msc.navy.mil|accessdate=12 January 2018|quote=MSC ships need force protection, which is provided by embarked security teams. The ESTs defend against terrorists and pirates by using automatic weapons, such as this M-240 light machine gun mounted on the rail of MSC hospital ship USNS Mercy while she was underway in support of Operation Unified Assistance.}}</ref> *Small arms |Ship armour= |Ship aircraft= |Ship aircraft facilities=Helicopter landing deck |Ship notes= }} |} The '''''Mercy'' class''' of [[hospital ship]]s are converted {{sclass|San Clemente|oil tanker|0}} [[Oil tanker|supertankers]] used by the [[United States Navy]]. Originally built in the 1970s by the [[National Steel and Shipbuilding Company]], they were acquired by the Navy and converted into hospital ships, coming into service in 1986 and 1987.<ref name="globalsecurity">{{Cite web |url= http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ship/tah-19.htm |title=Mercy class hospital ships |work=globalsecurity.org |accessdate=18 September 2010 }}</ref> ''Mercy'' class replaced the {{sclass|Haven|hospital ship|1}}s. The ships are operated by [[Military Sealift Command]] and are designed to provide emergency, on-site care for American combatant forces, and also for use in support of disaster relief and humanitarian operations. Each ship contains twelve fully equipped [[operating theater|operating rooms]], a 1,000-bed hospital facility, radiological services, a medical laboratory, pharmacy, [[optometry]] lab, [[CT scan]] equipment, and two [[electrolysis of water|oxygen-producing]] plants.<ref name="globalsecurity"/>
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