The Navy's existing hospital ships are lumbering former oil tankers. New ambulance-like vessels will be different.
US Navy / Kelsey L. AdamsThis post has been updated with additional information. It was originally published on January 17.
After the medically modified transports are constructed, the next ship built will be a new dedicated medical vessel. This Expeditionary Medical Ship will be designed to offer medical care where larger hospital ships cannot go. Before the Navy builds this newer class, it will learn to fill the role by adapting a familiar frame., a document that outlines the why and what of its budget requests, are two notes about the medical adaptation of these ships.
The book also notes that after building a few modified transports, the next built “will be an Expeditionary Medical Ship Variant,” which is the one that will be designed with medical care at the forefront of its mission.
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