USNS Comfort (U.S. Navy hospital ship) Port-au-Prince Harbor, Haiti (post-earthquake)

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This half-meter resolution satellite image shows the USNS Comfort (TAH-20), a U.S. Navy medical vessel, anchored in Port-au-Prince Harbor, Haiti. The white hospital ship, measuring 894 feet or 272 meters long, is seen in the center of the image and is accompanied by other vessels. According to news reports the USNS Comfort was deployed to Haiti in an effort to save victims of the devastating 7.0-magnitude earthquake that struck the area on Jan. 12.

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