hospital ship

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United States Navy hospital ship USNS Comfort in 2009

Noun

hospital ship (plural hospital ships)

  1. A ship that is intended to serve as a mobile hospital with appropriate equipment and personnel.
    • 1946 March and April, “Notes and News: Anglo-Irish Steamship Fleets”, in Railway Magazine, page 118:
      The Leinster has been in use as a hospital ship and a transport, but is now released and is refitting for her regular service.

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