FUTURE CAPABILITIES Navy's two hospital ships, USNS MERCY (T-AH 19) and USNS COMFORT (T-AH 20), are San Clemente class supertankers that were converted to hospital ships in the late-1980s. It is with great interest that we read the article on the twenty-first-century hospital ship by the esteemed Rear Adm. (ret.) Michael Baker, Mr. Jacob Baker, and Capt. (ret.) HSS enabled multi-mission platforms to broaden the military and civilian capabilities and allow for tailored employment strategies not possible with the traditional "all or nothing" approach with our hospital ships. [Extracted from the article]