Newsday.com: Hospital Ship Returns Home to San Diego

SAN DIEGO -- The hospital ship USNS Mercy returned home from Indonesia after treating thousands who survived the tsunami in December and thousands more who survived an earthquake in March.

The floating medical center and 270 crew members docked Wednesday at Naval Station San Diego to the cheers of families waving signs and balloons. The ship left port on Jan. 5...

Full story by Seth Hettena, Associated Press

See also "Finally home from tsunami relief work" at Murdoc Online