Caption:
Indian Ocean (Feb. 25, 2005) -- High Speed Vessel Two (HSV 2) Swift,
front, the Military Sealift Command (MSC) hospital ship USNS Mercy
(T-AH 19), center, and MSC combat stores ship USNS San Jose (T-AFS 7)
shown operating in formation in the Indian Ocean. Mercy is serving as
an enabling platform to assist humanitarian operations ashore in ways
that host nations and international relief organization find useful.
Mercy is currently off the waters of Indonesia in support of Operation
Unified Assistance, the humanitarian relief effort to aid the victims
of the tsunami that struck Southeast Asia. U.S. Navy photo by
Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Rebecca J. Moat (RELEASED)
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