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Mercy’s AIS Track Points to Panama Canal—Not Greenland—as Hospital Ship Steams South

route_disruption UTC: 2026-02-26 04:10:42

One day after departing Alabama Shipyard, the hospital ship USNS Mercy is holding a steady southbound course through the central Gulf of Mexico — and AIS data is offering the clearest signal yet about where the 1,000-bed vessel may be headed.

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