How the US' Hospital Ships Work

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  • @harshdharpawar3183
    @harshdharpawar3183 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3853

    Aviation industry: We are ruined...
    Sam: Lets shift to ship industry

    • @ricecakeboii94
      @ricecakeboii94 4 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      Crown princess cruises: hold my beer

    • @karlosbricks2413
      @karlosbricks2413 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      *maritime

    • @dl2839
      @dl2839 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Airplanes: How could you cheat on me, Sam!
      Sam: You aren't there for me anymore, I've got to move on.

    • @jishan6992
      @jishan6992 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@dl2839 cracked me up

    • @syxepop
      @syxepop 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      NO, HE DIDN'T!!! Sam compared the size of the USS Nimitz, which CARRY AIRPLANES to battle. He has HIS AIRPLANES covered.

  • @dan-se
    @dan-se 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2969

    From planes to ships, Sam has it covered.

    • @bobbob-uv1oi
      @bobbob-uv1oi 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      uncle Sam*

    • @gbm6882
      @gbm6882 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      +china?

    • @dawsonj7679
      @dawsonj7679 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      And rockets!

    • @ScottRothsroth0616
      @ScottRothsroth0616 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      What about trains and cars?

    • @syxepop
      @syxepop 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Since Sam has ALWAYS to mention AIRPLANES he did compared the size of the USS Nimitz (which carry AIRPLANES to battle) and other sister ships with the Hospital Ships.

  • @TheSecondVersion
    @TheSecondVersion 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3551

    Wendover: "Hear me out: WHat if we had Hospital *Planes* "

    • @skepticmoderate5790
      @skepticmoderate5790 4 ปีที่แล้ว +90

      Throw out wide hallways.

    • @Maxischarlie2
      @Maxischarlie2 4 ปีที่แล้ว +138

      *Orbis has entered the chat*
      gbr.orbis.org/en/what-we-do/flying-eye-hospital

    • @MightyElo
      @MightyElo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      @@Maxischarlie2 I was not aware of the flying eye hospital. that is pretty intereseting.

    • @MightyElo
      @MightyElo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      hmm...that raises in an interesting point. I don't think it would be possible to have "hospital plane" like the U.S. Hospital Ships. I mean, how many trauma centers do you think could fit inside a cargo plaine. Instead, I think it would be better if these "hospital planes" were more like dedicated planes that transported medical supplies and field hospital equipment. Basically you would have two planes. One is carrying all the medical supplies, the next is carrying all the materials to build the field hospital. These include prebuilt walls, tents, beds, etc. They both land in and area they both get setup.

    • @carlosandleon
      @carlosandleon 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@MightyElo i thought it was a hospital blimp in the shape of a sphere/eye

  • @TheNinjaDC
    @TheNinjaDC 4 ปีที่แล้ว +363

    Luckily for the USN, I have a feeling a few dozen cruise ships will be up on auction shortly to be potential replacements.

    • @henrywilsonwinter
      @henrywilsonwinter 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Just a few?

    • @brutustantheiii8477
      @brutustantheiii8477 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      That is if they even care enough to have more hospital ships. I’m all for it though but gotta be realistic

  • @totallynotwei6830
    @totallynotwei6830 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1346

    Airplanes: *shutdown*
    Sam: I am never going to financially recover from this

    • @syxepop
      @syxepop 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Don't worry, Sam is SNARKY and RESOURCEFUL enough to find ANOTHER PASSION...

    • @clydearnold1931
      @clydearnold1931 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Huh, odd, my uncle is named Sam.
      I think you know what I mean.

    • @yamumisgae
      @yamumisgae 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      That's a Brooklyn 99 reference ladies and gentlemen

  • @gilbertmcglurk2591
    @gilbertmcglurk2591 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2510

    When a 50-year-old tanker ship has better healthcare standards than your local Sentera.

    • @theemptylegend0
      @theemptylegend0 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Gilbert McGlurk I have TWO local Senteras!

    • @QemeH
      @QemeH 4 ปีที่แล้ว +82

      I don't know what a "sentera" is (my google fu failed me on this), but any random US aircraft carrier probably has better healthcare standards than any city or town in the US. The USS Gerald R. Ford for example ships around a 41-bed ward, 2 ICU beds and fully operational operating room, lab and pharmacy - and that's before putting up any tents on their gigantic, unusued and flat deck...

    • @brazeiar9672
      @brazeiar9672 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      @@QemeH Carriers suck as hospitals. A good hospital would be a large trimaran design combining high speed and goood sea keeping :)

    • @QemeH
      @QemeH 4 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      @@brazeiar9672 Seagoing, yes. In port, no.
      All you need when moored is a big empty field to put up tents and plop down beds.

    • @shotelco
      @shotelco 4 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      @rgtrooper13 Sentara (Not Sentera) Healthcare is a not-for-profit health system serving Virginia and North Carolina, with 12 hospitals, outpatient care centers, imaging centers and more.

  • @PerciusLive
    @PerciusLive 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1258

    Ships: nautical
    Aviation: aeronautical
    Wendover: *its free real estate*

    • @brunsmip
      @brunsmip 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Hotel: Trivago

    • @clydearnold1931
      @clydearnold1931 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Wendonautical.

    • @TobenyChen
      @TobenyChen 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Maybe one day on astronautical

    • @GordonGarvey
      @GordonGarvey 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Aethernautical

    • @cocotaveras8975
      @cocotaveras8975 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Clyde Arnold Good one!

  • @nytrex_yt7417
    @nytrex_yt7417 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1329

    Wendover productions: *Doesn’t make an airline video*
    Me: *somethings wrong, I can feel it*

    • @arandomchannel4413
      @arandomchannel4413 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Because there is a virus in aircrafts

    • @sor3999
      @sor3999 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Dark times indeed

    • @Systox25
      @Systox25 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      0:20 first plane in the video

    • @dekaredfire
      @dekaredfire 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Khaffit MIGHTY WINGS INTENSIFIES

    • @douglasphilbrick2800
      @douglasphilbrick2800 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      W-2

  • @AndreaCraneMathison
    @AndreaCraneMathison 4 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    As a member of the original crew on her Maiden Voyage in 1987.....I LOVED every single moment serving on her. She is an amazing ship and because of her, my life has never been the same again. I am blessed indeed to have sailed on her, met other amazing officer and enlisted people from THREE branches of the service, and to have traveled to such amazing places...Oh, how I wish I could serve on her again. We were also a small group in the whole world who were able to receive our Golden Shellback certification while crossing the Equator ON the International Date Line. Pretty cool if ya ask me.

  • @Fede_uyz
    @Fede_uyz 4 ปีที่แล้ว +459

    "Hospitals should avoid elevators"
    Meanwhile the largest hospital in my country is a 19 stories, thin and narrow building, with the ORs in the 9th floor and only 2 patient elevators

    • @Real_Eggman
      @Real_Eggman 4 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      Big Brain Architect

    • @dakat5131
      @dakat5131 4 ปีที่แล้ว +91

      ​@@Real_Eggman
      "finished that hotel you asked for"
      "hotel?"
      "er, hospital"
      "something tells me there may be something wrong with this design"

    • @shortrefmegaref
      @shortrefmegaref 4 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      I don't actually understand this problem
      There is a hospital in the UK which is very tall, and modern, but has many many elevators. Several for patients, several for staff, several for cleaning staff. But there is also a dedicated elevator taking patients from the roof (helipad) straight to the ground floor (ER), at a priority. So any patients with a priority will get served first, and it's actually much faster to go up a few floors and across than it is to traverse a large wide hospital.

    • @tedgrant1865
      @tedgrant1865 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Federico Olivares what hospital?

    • @shortrefmegaref
      @shortrefmegaref 4 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      @@tedgrant1865 Royal London Hospital in East London
      Granted the patient elevators suck ass, but the priority ones are so that critical patients can go down 15 floors with minimal delay
      It makes sense to have lots of elevators and have the hospital vertical as well, because the distance you have to travel can be in general an order of magnitude less, assuming there are sufficiently many elevators and they work (I never had any problems as a patient being wheeled around the hospital, there was never any delay)

  • @AverytheCubanAmerican
    @AverytheCubanAmerican 4 ปีที่แล้ว +229

    It was surreal seeing the Comfort enter NY Harbor live on television, the last time that happened was around the time of 9/11

    • @QemeH
      @QemeH 4 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      I can only imagine. I'd loose my shit if the SS Berlin (or as she was known then "Lazarettschiff A") would steam into Hamburg one of these days...
      But then again, "the last time this happend" is a bit longer gone than 2001, so...

    • @syxepop
      @syxepop 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      "Panita", as of this writing both the Comfort (NYC) and the Mercy (LA) are assisting the hospitals in both larger cities, so victims of COVID-19 could use the ON LAND FACILITIES in those cities. That's THEIR LATEST MISSION...
      Before that, in 2017 the Confort was here, just off San Juan Bay after Hurricane María to alleviate our local hospitals in San Juan when they still operated on generators. They even got selected patients from across the Island and probably some from USVI as well.

    • @The-ct1xq
      @The-ct1xq 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      What was not surreal was all the people crowded at the waterfront watching the ship

    • @syxepop
      @syxepop 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@The-ct1xq - no wonder NYC has so many contagions....

  • @athirkell
    @athirkell 4 ปีที่แล้ว +605

    They look like they're made to mock Switzerland for not having any coastline 🇨🇭

    • @jamesbizs
      @jamesbizs 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      alexxxth lulz

    • @keksitzee1094
      @keksitzee1094 4 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      If global warming continues for a few more decades, pretty sure that Switzerland will be the only country left to have a coastline at all.

    • @MattDW45
      @MattDW45 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Altwin Intrig You should know that for most European countries, 34cm (13”) sea rise aint that big a problem.

    • @thiccchungo1041
      @thiccchungo1041 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      We need millennia until Switzerland has a coast mate

    • @Kenionatus
      @Kenionatus 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@keksitzee1094 I highly doubt that there is enough water for that on earth. Also, Switzerland isn't the country with the highest point on earth...

  • @theoncomingdork
    @theoncomingdork 4 ปีที่แล้ว +177

    Meanwhile in the port of Los Angeles:
    "Man attempts to crash freight train into USNS Mercy"

    • @dannydaw59
      @dannydaw59 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      I thought that was a joke until I found it in the news.

    • @games1004
      @games1004 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@dannydaw59 Same here. What did he think the ship's "real" purpose is? Sounded like a nut to me.

    • @horsethi3f
      @horsethi3f 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Who’s somehow an engineer

    • @temporality_
      @temporality_ 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Lol I heard about that.

    • @serenaprots6583
      @serenaprots6583 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      When a 50-year-old tanker ship has better healthcare standards than your local Sentera.

  • @door-to-doorhentaisalesman2978
    @door-to-doorhentaisalesman2978 4 ปีที่แล้ว +436

    2019 Sam: Planes
    2020 Sam: Ship
    3000 Sam: Space ships

    • @diegoarias7774
      @diegoarias7774 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Helicarrier, the best of both worlds.

  • @TheSecondVersion
    @TheSecondVersion 4 ปีที่แล้ว +625

    2:41 - How to intimidate other countries: Send them ships loaded with the *American* healthcare system

    • @reconx86
      @reconx86 4 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      yeah the American Healthcare System is a force to be reconned with

    • @silvesby
      @silvesby 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Favourite comment right here

    • @aajjeee
      @aajjeee 4 ปีที่แล้ว +56

      the american healthcare system could bankrupt any country (as do all for proffit healthcare

    • @RealCadde
      @RealCadde 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      LOL!

    • @KanyeTheGayFish69
      @KanyeTheGayFish69 4 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      Barnesrino Kripperino I don’t want the same people who run the dmv running my healthcare. I’d rather die than be forced to use government healthcare.

  • @thomashuang5053
    @thomashuang5053 4 ปีที่แล้ว +718

    “Hospital cannot, under the Geneva convention be fired upon”
    *Japan has entered the chat*

    • @ProfessorTravis
      @ProfessorTravis 4 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      What are you talking uboat?

    • @huntcheerio9214
      @huntcheerio9214 4 ปีที่แล้ว +63

      @@ProfessorTravis japan kind of ignored red crosses

    • @tankpenguin175
      @tankpenguin175 4 ปีที่แล้ว +82

      @@huntcheerio9214 The convention was signed in 1949...

    • @huntcheerio9214
      @huntcheerio9214 4 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      @@tankpenguin175 yeah that's why we added it. before it was common courtesy if at all to not shoot at medic shit, at least for the west. (also they existed before, after WWI)

    • @noodles5438
      @noodles5438 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Travis Atwood That was a really bad pun. Be prepared for your pun-ishment.

  • @dundonrl
    @dundonrl 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Sometime June 2006, the USNS Mercy was deployed to the Southern Philippines in Pacific Partnership. My ship the USS Momsen DDG-92 was operating in the same area when we received a message from CTF70 about 0200 saying they had intel that Muslim insurgents were going to sail a small boat along side the anchored Mercy and detonate the explosives it was carrying. We went to General Quarters, fired up all 4 main engines and headed toward the Mercy at our flank speed. (Well in excess of 30 knots!) The only way we could have gone faster was to enable battle override and run the engines till they self destructed!
    Luckily, nothing happened to the Mercy and she continued to provide medical support to the local people in desperate need of it.

  • @conservativelatinausa9005
    @conservativelatinausa9005 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    l was stationed on the mercy in 2010, place is huge, great capability. We did humanitarian missions in south east asia. We had lots of surgeries for cleft pallate mostly kids 😢😢 a lot of volunteers on board as well. From doctors, to religious organizations that assist with anything and everything. Great times!

  • @UltraNyan
    @UltraNyan 4 ปีที่แล้ว +236

    "Elevators should be avoided".
    USSR 15 story hospitals : "Hold my beer."

    • @rahbaralhaq
      @rahbaralhaq 4 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      *Vodka.

    • @NLTops
      @NLTops 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Netherlands: nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erasmus_MC#/media/Bestand:Erasmus_MC.jpg

    • @turbofan450
      @turbofan450 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Should have said, "hold my bed pan"

    • @concept5631
      @concept5631 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@athirkell Agreed

    • @Sorunia
      @Sorunia 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Speaking of the USSR and elevators: old Soviet building codes required any building 10 stories or higher to have an elevator. Elevators are expensive, so what did most architects do? They built 9-story buildings. The former USSR is covered in 9-story apartment buildings with no elevators.

  • @K9TheFirst1
    @K9TheFirst1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    You likely didn't know this because you focus on trains and planes, but those bulkheads were left in place for something a bit more practical than laziness: If the ship floods, you kind of need those bulkheads in place, and cutting hospital-grade openings in them is not exactly wise, even if you were to put in emergency doors. While a hospital ship *does* need to perform as a hospital, making structural accommodations in the name of that goal has historically proven to be a terrible idea.
    Don't believe me? Look up the HMHS Britannic: An incomplete ocean liner, she was requisitioned as a Hospital Ship for the Gallipoli Campaign in 1915 during WWI. In November, 1916, she struck a mine in the Agean Sea during a shift change. Now, her internal bulkhead layout meant that, even with the forward compartments flooding due to the explosion jamming the forward watertight doors in place, she *could* have limped to shore, beached herself, and been salvaged by the Royal Navy...
    Except the doctors had all of the portholes opened in order to freshen up the air.
    They opened up. *ALL* of the windows. On a *ship*. *In a warzone.* Meaning that, instead of surviving, Britannic sank in 55 minutes.
    Fortunately, she was going TO the war zone, and not FROM the war zone, and thus had no patients on board. That meant the only people who died were the 30+ idiots that left without orders, and were chopped up by the propellers.
    TL;DR - Any kind of ship needs to be able to carry out its purpose as a SHIP before it can do anything else. While a land-based hospital can get away with having as little need for elevators as possible, the needs for the safety of ships at sea come first.

  • @sethbailey2166
    @sethbailey2166 4 ปีที่แล้ว +181

    I read the title as "How the US' Hospital Ships [verb] Work [noun]"
    "How the US' Hospital Exports Labor"

    • @1224chrisng
      @1224chrisng 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      it's like that headline 'British Left Waffles on Falklands'

    • @jeffbenton6183
      @jeffbenton6183 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      When you said "ships [verb]" I was thinking of when someone imagines two people as a couple and I got even more confused...

    • @aiGeis
      @aiGeis 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      You either made this comment for likes or are a doofus.

    • @krissp8712
      @krissp8712 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Huh, never imagined that because I've seen the articles before and the thumbnail had a red cross but that's a fun interpretation

    • @sohopedeco
      @sohopedeco 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@1224chrisng I would have been a lot nicer if they did. 😅

  • @jacobrowe3166
    @jacobrowe3166 4 ปีที่แล้ว +55

    Yo, I'm literally crying over these ships, like their just ships, but their hospital ships too, and they're named "comfort" and "mercy", like that's so freaking wholesome.

    • @Mrsuperdestroyer
      @Mrsuperdestroyer 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Imagine if they actually upgraded them and built some from scratch instead of a new destroyer. Legit would have more use and help much more people but I guess people like their guns.

    • @Kenionatus
      @Kenionatus 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Mercy sounds creepy in that context imo. Almost like USS Coup de Grace. Would be a name for a palliative care centre, not a ship to save lives.

    • @andezong9565
      @andezong9565 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Charmander so how is a destroyer not as useful as the hospital ships? This shit is like me saying “a rifle is useless compared to a shotgun”.

    • @andezong9565
      @andezong9565 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Charmander also, you don’t think that destroyers have been used on humanitarian missions before?

    • @Mrsuperdestroyer
      @Mrsuperdestroyer 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@andezong9565 I mean when was the last time the US ships actually fired on anyone? Sure it's a show of force but it's not like they lack that now. I just mean imagine the difference three entirely new designed hospital ships could do in the world? The amount of soft power you would gain in poor countries would be nuts. I'm not saying destroyers are useless I'm just saying the gain versus cost is way in favour of hospital ships. Hospital ships also would help a lot more people.

  • @cgomes1610
    @cgomes1610 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Enjoy the video. My grandfather was actually an engineer for the Mercy and helped design the boiler room on the ship.

    • @unclejoe3397
      @unclejoe3397 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I thank him for his service.

  • @AndreaCraneMathison
    @AndreaCraneMathison 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    I was stationed on the USNS Mercy on her maiden voyage in 1987....what an honor and privilege it was to serve on her. The Mercy is an amazing ship with amazing crew. If they ever want an old Navy gal back in again so I can once again serve on her, let me know....I am ready to go at ANYTIME. I know of a few hundred of my fellow shipmates who would gladly serve again as well. Just ask us....we will go and do!

  • @timeakle2123
    @timeakle2123 4 ปีที่แล้ว +52

    THANK YOU DOCTORS

    • @rarespopa106
      @rarespopa106 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Time Akle
      Yes thank you doctors

  • @naboob
    @naboob 4 ปีที่แล้ว +381

    please talk about how airlines are going to get owned this year

    • @tandemcharge5114
      @tandemcharge5114 4 ปีที่แล้ว +83

      Don't start feeding his addiction again

    • @MrPresident1878
      @MrPresident1878 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      He did in his last video.
      th-cam.com/video/VX2e2iEg_pM/w-d-xo.html

    • @paulmorales1607
      @paulmorales1607 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      he already did... literally last week

    • @notyouroperatingjohndoe1656
      @notyouroperatingjohndoe1656 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Already did bud.

    • @KanyeTheGayFish69
      @KanyeTheGayFish69 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Felix B you don’t like planes? Why do you watch this channel?

  • @equesdeventusoccasus
    @equesdeventusoccasus 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I was a patient on the Mercy during Desert Storm. It was an amazing ship & an amazing hospital.

  • @praxlyn1498
    @praxlyn1498 4 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    me: noooooo you cant just switch from one vehicle to the other sam!
    sam: haha ship go brr

  • @darealkingbob5751
    @darealkingbob5751 4 ปีที่แล้ว +121

    Sam: Uploads a none plane centered video.
    Me: This must be a late april fools joke. Right?

  • @flybeep1661
    @flybeep1661 4 ปีที่แล้ว +195

    "This epidemic will change society", you don't say even wendover is now not talking about planes but ships.

  • @UTubeTulip
    @UTubeTulip 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    TH-cam: Some videos on the coronavirus are demonitised.
    Sam: makes a video about the coronavirus without it being about the coronavirus.

  • @badendhappy2903
    @badendhappy2903 4 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    Geneva Convention: Hospital ships cannot be fired upon or attacked.
    Nutty Conductor: Hold my train.

  • @TheAidanodian
    @TheAidanodian 4 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    I literally watched this to see the surgical capabilities and open heart capabilities and he straight up came out and answered. Epical.

  • @NotAmira_
    @NotAmira_ 4 ปีที่แล้ว +122

    I wonder how planes will fit into this one.

    • @markhenley3097
      @markhenley3097 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Maybe aircraft carriers.

    • @EinkOLED
      @EinkOLED 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Watch the pandemic video.

    • @bogdanivchenko3723
      @bogdanivchenko3723 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Helicopters

    • @danielchew8739
      @danielchew8739 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      They have a helipad so.....

    • @g.groves616
      @g.groves616 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Prins van Oranje beat me to it😂

  • @uss_04
    @uss_04 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Hospital Ships, amphibious assault groups, and ships in general has always fascinated me. They’re meant to be mostly autonomous floating buildings that might look the same sometimes but built to do specific purposes

  • @SpencerStarnes
    @SpencerStarnes 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Sam, thanks for making awesome content throughout this mess. I’ve been a fan for a long time and I can’t wait to see what’s in store. Thanks again.

  • @sammossbeck5250
    @sammossbeck5250 4 ปีที่แล้ว +296

    Last time I was this early I was still laughing about corona

    • @jackieredman2019
      @jackieredman2019 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Sam Mossbeck hahahahaha it’s still in china hahahahah it came from bats 3 months ago

  • @TheAverageSushi
    @TheAverageSushi 4 ปีที่แล้ว +293

    The last time I was this early to the comment section, Captain Crozier wasn't fired.

    • @markhenley3097
      @markhenley3097 4 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      He is a hero

    • @user-lf8qu9un8y
      @user-lf8qu9un8y 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@markhenley3097 Morally, yes. But as a military officer he should have known better.

    • @kevinTG554
      @kevinTG554 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@user-lf8qu9un8y sadly, I have to say you're right

    • @ericw.1620
      @ericw.1620 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      @@user-lf8qu9un8y he definitely knew the consequences and still did what he did to save his crew

    • @rogerwilco2
      @rogerwilco2 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      It's like the general who goes into Chernobyl to measure the radiation.
      He knows he needs to do it himself to be heard and believed.

  • @acmelka
    @acmelka 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Your comments on hospital design at 6:00 were spot on. I have seen so many healthcare projects that didn't understand the importance and knowledge base that influences hospital design

  • @hawky225
    @hawky225 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    In addition to US personnel, both the USNS Comfort and USNS Mercy host hundreds of medical professionals and aid workers from allied countries, both military and civilian, during humanitarian deployments to the Caribbean and Southeast Asia (Operation Continuing Promise).

  • @pacificstatesofamerica
    @pacificstatesofamerica 4 ปีที่แล้ว +106

    Imagine not knowing how US Hospital ships work or even existed before the COVID outbreak.
    This post was made by Casual Naval Historian Gang

    • @colbybeltz8836
      @colbybeltz8836 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      If I didn’t live in San Diego, I probably wouldn’t know about them

    • @thiccchungo1041
      @thiccchungo1041 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      My state doesn’t even have a coast on an ocean and I knew how they worked lol

    • @pacificstatesofamerica
      @pacificstatesofamerica 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@thiccchungo1041 Welcome to the gang lol.

  • @assaelalmaraz5524
    @assaelalmaraz5524 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I love this channel anytime I’m feeling a bit down I can count on this channel to enlighten me and teach me something new these channels are very important In our times

  • @aryehyehudahajzenberg9503
    @aryehyehudahajzenberg9503 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Dude... As usual your videos are worth the time it takes for you to watch it.....
    Your channel is one of the best in the whole utube universe....
    Keep up the great work !
    God bless you !

  • @radude4763
    @radude4763 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    When sam said hope at the end it really made me happy for humanity and myself!

  • @uss_04
    @uss_04 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Didn’t expect this video, but it’s much appreciated. It’s fascinating how they can convert a large ship from one role to another

    • @v.dargain1678
      @v.dargain1678 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Didn't know hospital ships were still in existence . Nice to know they still are .

    • @looseygoosey1349
      @looseygoosey1349 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Happens to planes all of the time

  • @hanthony624
    @hanthony624 4 ปีที่แล้ว +323

    Me who isn't from the US:
    The US has what?!

    • @coreytaylor447
      @coreytaylor447 4 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      a hospital ship

    • @Manospondylus
      @Manospondylus 4 ปีที่แล้ว +76

      Big dong navy 💪

    • @jameskivenko
      @jameskivenko 4 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      @@coreytaylor447 two, actually

    • @gentlemanjones8469
      @gentlemanjones8469 4 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      We have Burgers!
      We have Eagles!
      We have Donuts!
      We have guns!
      We have freedom!
      Murica!

    • @William-Morey-Baker
      @William-Morey-Baker 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@jameskivenko we have more than two...

  • @edbrook7088
    @edbrook7088 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    We need more of these around the world

  • @fatsolutions
    @fatsolutions 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you for answering so many questions I was too lazy to look up! Another fantastic video

  • @scotts918
    @scotts918 4 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    6:42 - That moment your life is put in the hands of Window XP.
    (And you feel safe, because it isn't Vista, 7, or 8...)

    • @reconx86
      @reconx86 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      lol, good catch...a BSOD might have actually killed someone.

    • @weirdofromhalo
      @weirdofromhalo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      What do you have against Windows 7?

    • @lemao_squash4486
      @lemao_squash4486 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Scott S This idiot thinks XP and 7 are worse than 10 lmaooooooo

    • @Kenionatus
      @Kenionatus 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Not really a problem, as long as you don't try to mess with it. And let's hope that it's not connected to any network whatsoever.
      ("Sorry mister president, our hospital ship was put out of operation by a wannacry infection... No, no, nothing to do with corona. It's a computer virus.")

    • @CountingStars333
      @CountingStars333 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Lol XP

  • @ottoros
    @ottoros 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    7:10 "Even in places with incredible density and high real-estate costs like New York, most hospitals are wider than they are tall"
    *shows an office building in Finland*

  • @MrBanzoid
    @MrBanzoid 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Now this is very interesting. Thanks very much.

  • @matthewsmith2715
    @matthewsmith2715 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Some of your best work. Thanks Wendover

  • @jhe9488
    @jhe9488 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Actually those “movement issues” facing the mercy and comfort are issues in land hospitals as well, even ones that are very wide. The truth is there are fairly predictable traffic patterns in hospital and there really is limited need to be able to move a patient from one area of the hospital to every other area of the hospital as long as the high traffic areas are accessible. For example, most large hospitals have multiple radiology departments that each serve a specific area of the hospital and fulfill different needs. And in highly densely populated areas, there are actually a lot of hospitals that have high rise towers for patient rooms. Sometimes it’s easier to move a patient on an elevator ride between two places near the elevator than push a very heavy bed with many attached monitors the length of several city blocks in a big city hospital.

  • @nicolaschocron3449
    @nicolaschocron3449 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Cool video idea:
    Logistics of testing kits/how testing kits work

    • @skepticmoderate5790
      @skepticmoderate5790 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      That would be boring af. They just swab way up your nose. 2 minutes video.

  • @wally81000
    @wally81000 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you for this video!

  • @jeffreycohan3986
    @jeffreycohan3986 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I served 3 years on the USNS Comfort as a Navy Corpsman in CASREC

  • @officerbeenadd
    @officerbeenadd 4 ปีที่แล้ว +75

    People: Hospital ships are useless
    Hospital Ships: ''Hold my beds''

    • @Jehty_
      @Jehty_ 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hospital ship: Hold the 20 patients I treated so far.
      People: Yes, you are useless.

  • @vmkunnari
    @vmkunnari 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    7:10 stock footage from Kalasatama, Helsinki, Finland.

    • @sohopedeco
      @sohopedeco 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I love finding stock footage of places I know too. Hahaha

  • @winniechau4442
    @winniechau4442 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very informative, thank you!

  • @SergiuM
    @SergiuM 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The Mexican Navy also has the hospital ship Zapoteco that is often deployed with humanitarian aid purposes to places in need, though it also acts as a cadet training ship

  • @senalrandombage1684
    @senalrandombage1684 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Sri Lanka ❤ Thank You Wendover Productions👍

  • @soup5344
    @soup5344 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    "We have to show that we won't surrender!"
    "Send out those two white floating bricks."

  • @andycapo9you
    @andycapo9you 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    You can't imagine how great these mini documentaries are for me. Waaay better that TV shit. Great job man! Keep it up!

  • @Luke..luke..luke..
    @Luke..luke..luke.. 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Fascinating video. I worked on the UK hospital ship breifly in early 2015 during the Ebola outbreak whilst it was at anchor off the coast of Freetown, Sierra Leone.

  • @rye811
    @rye811 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    The whole elevator thing is super interesting, seems like if they do this again theyd be better off using an old cruise ship.

    • @TrendyStone
      @TrendyStone 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Old cruise ships may be going on sale shortly.

    • @rye811
      @rye811 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Trendy Brown possibly new ones too 😉

    • @patchmoulton5438
      @patchmoulton5438 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It would require extensive internal modification. The hallways on most cruise liners are simply too narrow

    • @TrendyStone
      @TrendyStone 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Patch Moulton Fair point.

  • @ellens3447
    @ellens3447 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Anybody else tear up a little at "they're a symbol of hope in tough times"? Or am I just exhausted?

    • @nicosmind3
      @nicosmind3 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I would say it was just you but youve got 9 likes... So not me then

    • @v.dargain1678
      @v.dargain1678 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      No tears this way , but I know NYC covid-19 sufferers are glad to the USS Comfort dock into port . . . Hope hasn't died

  • @Strathclydegamer
    @Strathclydegamer ปีที่แล้ว

    Excellent video, well explained and very interesting subject

  • @cagedtigersteve
    @cagedtigersteve 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    They provide mercy and comfort.

  • @ThatShyGuyMatt
    @ThatShyGuyMatt 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    It's so bonkers that a man tried to ram a train into one of the ships because he was unsure of the ships intentions. So many questions. Thankfully when the train derailed, it was 500 yards from the boat. I still want to know what that looked like.

  • @midievalcat7770
    @midievalcat7770 4 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    Last time i was this early, Sam’s jokes were still relevant

  • @TheHylianBatman
    @TheHylianBatman 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very informative. Thank you.
    I love the hospital ships. Glad to know we're using them.

    • @v.dargain1678
      @v.dargain1678 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Same . I didn't even know the US still had them . I learned something too .

  • @mr._smash3982
    @mr._smash3982 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    thank you so much for the 2 months free, wendover. i really appreciate it

  • @Kaimax61
    @Kaimax61 4 ปีที่แล้ว +57

    imagine, trying to crash your train into a Hospital ship....

    • @theantknight6132
      @theantknight6132 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Big brain

    • @michaelmccarthy4615
      @michaelmccarthy4615 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      That guy had a good job.
      All gone

    • @xraymind
      @xraymind 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@michaelmccarthy4615 Had to look it up, they make $50K to 120K a year. And being in LA, it will be on the high end.

    • @michaelmccarthy4615
      @michaelmccarthy4615 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@xraymind I bet that train engineer has some coworkers with a few stories about him.....

    • @demanischaffer
      @demanischaffer 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@michaelmccarthy4615 And purposely derailing a train is like a 20 year federal prison sentence

  • @YannickBln
    @YannickBln 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    "As much as possible, the use of elevators should be avoided"
    Charité Hospital Berlin, which literally has a skyspraper full of hospital beds on 23 floors: "Am I a joke to you?"

  • @johnnyappleseed79
    @johnnyappleseed79 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Awesome video. Had been wondering of their capabilities since the Comfort just landed near me in NY.

  • @eartecathy7378
    @eartecathy7378 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I remember when my physician volunteered for service on the US Hope, which at the time was stationed near Vietnam. I wish you had included that hospital ship in your essay.

  • @reecehaire9124
    @reecehaire9124 4 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    They should convert Oasis of the Seas into a hospital ship

    • @jamesbizs
      @jamesbizs 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Reece Haire rather than a plague ship? Lol

    • @Devve6
      @Devve6 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      the Oasis class ships run into huge problems with there split in the middle they are huge ships but most of the hallways are narrow

  • @USSAnimeNCC-
    @USSAnimeNCC- 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    2:18 that was a surprise these ship are mega city

  • @montyjayak
    @montyjayak 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wendover presentation and information is awesome.

  • @suzieque4287
    @suzieque4287 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you for such an interesting article. I imagine Mercy and Comfort are vital in dealing with this epidemic. Godspeed.

  • @harshdharpawar3183
    @harshdharpawar3183 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Wendover Productions:. Lets start TH-cam channel containing all information about aviation as this industry is very progressive...
    Coronavirus: Hold my breath....
    WP: Lets talk about US Hospitals...

  • @SlimyMcTee
    @SlimyMcTee 4 ปีที่แล้ว +47

    Wendover: "This corona pandemic is kinda ruining aviation, I don't know which else to cover tho"
    **random dude try to crash his train into USNS Mercy**
    Wendover: "Aha"

    • @Erakius323
      @Erakius323 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Wait, what did someone do? Whats the point in attacking a hospital ship?

    • @scprepper2672
      @scprepper2672 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@Erakius323 He was a crazy conspiracy theorist. He thought coronavirus was fake and that the ship was there for a governemtn takeover so he intentionally derailed his train to try and hit the ship. Spoiler Alert: He didnt make it .

    • @TheDavidLiou
      @TheDavidLiou 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@scprepper2672 what the heck?

    • @davidtitanium22
      @davidtitanium22 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@TheDavidLiou some people be that crazy

    • @Erakius323
      @Erakius323 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      SC Prepper Wow, guy sounds a bit crazy. Glad he did not succeed. At a time of a global pandemic, having two tanker hospital ships, with a states worth of medical capacity, is a great asset to the U.S.A. For its own use or for building international good will. People never forget those who saved them.

  • @MegaJJ1968
    @MegaJJ1968 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Informative. Ty.

  • @PaulV3D
    @PaulV3D 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Really interesting video, thanks!

  • @galacticboi8752
    @galacticboi8752 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    China: built hospital in 10 days
    US: has a hospital on a cruise ship
    Me: now merge those 2 together

    • @DZ477
      @DZ477 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      China built *quarantine centers*, not hospitals.

    • @jb76489
      @jb76489 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      China built a quartile building, not a hospital
      These ships were not cruise ships

    • @user-lf8qu9un8y
      @user-lf8qu9un8y 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@DZ477 They were hospitals, have you seen the footage inside? You don't put ICUs and ventilators and hundreds of medical staff in a "quarantine centre"

  • @yoavhofstein3658
    @yoavhofstein3658 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    To all the people that say that he didn't make a plane video, his mention the aircraft carrier in the beginning

  • @hengineer
    @hengineer 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Engine deck and supply departments staffed by civilaim Mariners. I was one of them. I sailed mostly on the fleet oilers but I did have some buddies who sailed on the Comfort.

  • @djembejambi
    @djembejambi 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love you channel, I learn something new every time. Thanks you.

  • @ConcordeEnchanting
    @ConcordeEnchanting 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    HMS Britannic: Let me introduce myself.

  • @shintyty
    @shintyty 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    “Oil carriers are slow”
    And yet still bit faster than me running:(

    • @lachlanlandreth9069
      @lachlanlandreth9069 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Faster then an American Ambulance driving overseas

  • @gamerstvrblx5389
    @gamerstvrblx5389 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wow Sam thanks so much for filling me with knowledge. I love this channel. I love this channel thanks agian

  • @rbh00723
    @rbh00723 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks for what you do. I really enjoy the videos you make and they are always interesting

  • @iafozzac
    @iafozzac 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Seeing ships speed in mph or km/h instead of knots is so weird

  • @seestars2020
    @seestars2020 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    2019: Planes
    2020: Ships
    2021:

    • @cgmason7568
      @cgmason7568 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Horse drawn wagons

  • @archiemcewan9182
    @archiemcewan9182 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    The UK has a primary casualty receiving ship called RFA(Royal Fleet Auxiliary) Argus. It differs from a hospital ship as it is armed with self defense weapons and ammunition. It is also not painted white with red crosses. It has 70 general ward beds, 20 high dependency beds and 10 intensive care beds. It also has a large landing pad for 3 medium sized helicopters and a hangar below decks that can hold 4 helicopters at once. The ship is also an aviation training ship so it use to carry BAE Sea harriers FA2s which can be used in a ground attack role or for Air superiority.

  • @ThatShyGuyMatt
    @ThatShyGuyMatt 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Excellent video! I knew these kind of ships existed for a long time, but I never knew the full history of these two ships.

  • @stevethomas760
    @stevethomas760 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    "Tough times", I'm glad they are in service now..

  • @anne.andromeda
    @anne.andromeda 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    1:20 Hospital-ships, things that saves human lives are on the page 42, a number that is definition of life. I like that coincidence very much.

  • @Turts_McGurts
    @Turts_McGurts 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    great video wendover! keep em coming! your videos are the BEST!

  • @chuckbell9092
    @chuckbell9092 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    PLEASE do a full video on hospital design!
    I have never been in one I could navigate.