On today’s Ship Report podcast, we’re talking about a ship that passed by the Astoria waterfront today going upriver: she’s the USNS Mercy, a US Navy hospital ship. She’s white with red crosses on her sides. Her mission is to being health care to people around the world who are suffering.
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