OCEAN (Sept. 11, 2018) The military sealift command hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) gets underway Sept. 11, 2018, in preparation for Hurricane Florence. There are nearly 30 ships preparing to get underway from Naval Station Norfolk and Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek as Hurricane Florence is forecasted to bring high winds and rain to the Mid-Atlantic coast. Ships will be directed to areas of the Atlantic where they will be best postured for storm avoidance.

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