A 1,000-bed US Navy hospital ship is deploying to New York to brace for coronavirus — see inside the USNS Comfort

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced on Wednesday that the USNS Comfort will be deployed to New York harbor amid the coronavirus pandemic.
The USNS Comfort is a 1,000-bed hospital ship that has provided humanitarian relief and been deployed to war zones around the world.
The ship also has 12 operating rooms, a pharmacy, a medical laboratory, and a CAT scan, to name a few features.
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New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has announced that the USNS Comfort the US Navy's 1,000-bed hospital ship with decades of providing aid around the world will be deployed to New York amid the coronavirus pandemic.

There are currently 2,382 confirmed cases in New York State , and the USNS Comfort ship is expected to arrive in April.

"The deployment of the USNS Comfort to New York is an extraordinary but necessary step to help ensure our state has the capacity to handle an influx of patients with COVID-19 and continue our efforts to contain the virus," Cuomo said in a statement.

New York has 50,000 hospital beds and 3,000 intensive care unit beds, but a "Wuhan-style" outbreak could "overwhelm the city," former FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb said on CBS News' "Face the Nation" on Sunday . The 1,000-bed ship will also have 12 operating rooms, therefore hopefully mitigating New York's concern over the decreasing number of available hospital beds.

The USNS Comfort has had a long history of being at the forefront of health crises around the world. Keep scrolling to learn about the ship that will soon be seen in New York:

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