Program · United States · U.S. Navy
Mercy-class Hospital Ship
Mercy-class hospital ship · Fielded · U.S. Navy
Cost to the Government
| Measure | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Program totals · 1 | ||
| R&D program totalA separately identified lifetime development total has not been verified. This is not a zero-cost estimate. | Not established | — |
| Unit costs · 1 | ||
| Acquisition / unitA source with a defensible unit scope and dollar basis has not been verified. | Not established | — |
| Quantities · 2 | ||
| Hospital ships in inventoryMercy and Comfort; not both assumed deployed or fully activated. | 2U.S. only | Navy Shipbuilding Plan, May 2026 U.S. Navy · figure May 2026 |
| Program quantityA comparable total acquisition quantity has not been verified. | Not established | — |
| Operating costs · 2 | ||
| USNS Mercy operating budgetMercy total includes full and reduced operating status and medical treatment facility funding. | $65.504M / yrThen-year $ | FY2024 Navy O&M budget, Aviation Logistics E-6B fleet scope U.S. Navy · figure FY2024 request |
| USNS Comfort operating budgetComfort budget includes reduced operating status, medical facility and its service-life work; no full-status deployment budget in this exhibit. | $49.581M / yrThen-year $ | FY2024 Navy O&M budget, Aviation Logistics E-6B fleet scope U.S. Navy · figure FY2024 request |
Program totals · 1
- R&D program totalA separately identified lifetime development total has not been verified. This is not a zero-cost estimate.Source not recordedNot established
Unit costs · 1
- Acquisition / unitA source with a defensible unit scope and dollar basis has not been verified.Source not recordedNot established
Quantities · 2
- Hospital ships in inventoryMercy and Comfort; not both assumed deployed or fully activated.Navy Shipbuilding Plan, May 2026 U.S. Navy · figure May 20262U.S. only
- Program quantityA comparable total acquisition quantity has not been verified.Source not recordedNot established
Operating costs · 2
- USNS Mercy operating budgetMercy total includes full and reduced operating status and medical treatment facility funding.FY2024 Navy O&M budget, Aviation Logistics E-6B fleet scope U.S. Navy · figure FY2024 request$65.504M / yrThen-year $
- USNS Comfort operating budgetComfort budget includes reduced operating status, medical facility and its service-life work; no full-status deployment budget in this exhibit.FY2024 Navy O&M budget, Aviation Logistics E-6B fleet scope U.S. Navy · figure FY2024 request$49.581M / yrThen-year $
Earlier observations · 2
Superseded estimates and prices, each in its original scope and dollar basis.
| Measure | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|
| USNS Mercy operating budgetMercy total includes full and reduced operating status and medical treatment facility funding. | $65.504M / yrThen-year $ | FY2024 Navy O&M budget, Aviation Logistics E-6B fleet scope U.S. Navy · figure FY2024 request |
| USNS Comfort operating budgetComfort budget includes reduced operating status, medical facility and its service-life work; no full-status deployment budget in this exhibit. | $49.581M / yrThen-year $ | FY2024 Navy O&M budget, Aviation Logistics E-6B fleet scope U.S. Navy · figure FY2024 request |
- USNS Mercy operating budgetMercy total includes full and reduced operating status and medical treatment facility funding.FY2024 Navy O&M budget, Aviation Logistics E-6B fleet scope U.S. Navy · figure FY2024 request$65.504M / yrThen-year $
- USNS Comfort operating budgetComfort budget includes reduced operating status, medical facility and its service-life work; no full-status deployment budget in this exhibit.FY2024 Navy O&M budget, Aviation Logistics E-6B fleet scope U.S. Navy · figure FY2024 request$49.581M / yrThen-year $
Activation and overhaul are different expenses
A hospital ship’s annual budget depends on its readiness status and deployment schedule. The later Mercy overhaul is a single shipyard event; adding it to an unrelated fiscal-year budget would not establish a recurring annual class cost.
Contracts & purchasing · 1
Ceilings, options and purchase agreements are not spending and are never added together. Obligations are under Contracts.
| Buyer → seller | Status | Value | Qty | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Military Sealift Command → Vigor Marine185-day Mercy availability. Three unexercised options could raise value to $90,220,312. Maintenance cost, not hospital-ship purchase price. | Regular overhaul and dry docking | $89.003M | 1 | USNS Mercy overhaul award, January 30, 2026 Department of Defense · figure Jan 30, 2026 |
Open research: Figures retain the date and scope of the original source. A historical count, cumulative delivery or procurement plan is not today’s mission-capable inventory. A source with a defensible unit scope and dollar basis has not been verified. A separately identified lifetime development total has not been verified. This is not a zero-cost estimate.
What the government budgets and pays for this program, from budget justification books, appropriations, acquisition reports and contract announcements. Each figure states its dollar basis. What contractors were obligated is under Contracts.
No participants, contracts or systems recorded for this program yet.