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Hospital ship en route to Gulf <br /> <br />The Associated Press <br /> <br />BALTIMORE — The USNS Comfort hospital ship was preparing today for an expected trip to the area devastated by Hurricane Katrina. <br /> <br />The Baltimore-based ship is part of the Navy's Military Sealift Command. <br /> <br />"We anticipate an activation order and we're making preparations to get under way," Vice Adm. David L. Brewer III, the commander of the Military Sealift Command, said in a brief statement. A spokeswoman said no further information was immediately available. <br /> <br />The Comfort is expected to be part of what many say is the largest domestic disaster relief effort in years. The military is mainly providing search and rescue, medical help and supplies to the Gulf Coast states of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama. <br /> <br />The Comfort is based at an industrial pier in the Canton neighborhood. <br /> <br />The ship sailed from Baltimore to New York on the day after the Sept. 11 attacks and treated injured disaster relief workers from the World Trade Center. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />From Jackson Clarion Ledger <br />
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