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hospital ship [′häs‚pid·əl ‚ship] (naval architecture) An unarmed ship equipped as a hospital, in particular, one assigned only to assist sick and wounded persons in time of war and protected from attack by international law. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Jackson and another secretary, Margaret Clayton, escaped back to London on a hospital ship which sailed from St Malo on 17 June carrying wounded British soldiers. Stripped of her spars and masts, she was classed as a hospital ship and eventually found herself wallowing in the mud flats of New York's Wallabout Bay, near the present-day site of the Brooklyn Shipyard. Systrom and colleagues volunteered to work on a medical disaster team with Project HOPE (Health Opportunities for People Everywhere) aboard the hospital ship U. |
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