print email comment close Military Sealift Command (MSC) URL: http://www.msc.navy.mil Description: "The Military Sealift Command is the transportation provider for the Department of Defense with the responsibility of providing strategic sealift and ocean transportation for all military forces overseas." The site provides an overview of MSC operations, images and information about ships, fact sheets, and information about specific missions, such as the Navy hospital ship USNS Comfort, which was called into service to support FEMA in its Hurricane Katrina disaster relief efforts. From the U.S. Navy. Publisher: United States Navy Extra Keywords medical hurricanekatrina CIVMAR recovery Library of Congress Subject Headings: Disaster relief Emergency medical services Hurricane Katrina, 2005 Military sealift -- United States United States. Navy -- Hospital ships LII Database Information: Record 1304 created by Julianna Hamann on 09/06/2005 Last modification on 09/06/2005 Published: 09/06/2005   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/1304