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Navy, Coast Guard response to Haitian earthquake

There are 12 Navy, Coast Guard and Military Sealift Command ships in Haiti or en route to the devastated Caribbean nation in the wake of the Jan. 12 earthquake.

They include:

• The amphibious assault ship Bataan and dock landing ships Fort McHenry and Carter Hall with embarked Marines from the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit.

• The dock landing ship Gunston Hall.

Military Sealift Command ships:

• The hospital ship Comfort.

• The rescue and salvage ship Grasp with embarked FBI dive team.

• The dry cargo ship Lewis and Clark.

• The container ship PFC Dewayne T. Williams.

Coast Guard units assigned to relief efforts include:

• High endurance cutter Dallas.

• U.S. Maritime Administration crane ship Cornhusker State, sea barge clipper Cape May, and the high speed ferry Huakai, formerly one of the Hawaiian SuperFerries.

Complete coverage

• Feb. 8: 24th MEU, Nassau ARG complete Haiti work

• Feb. 8: Another Coast Guard cutter heading to Haiti

• Video: Marines flying recon over Haiti

• Video: Marine helicopters prepare to fly aid to Haiti

• Video: Bataan gears up for aid mission

• Video: Hospital ship Comfort prepares for mission

• Jan. 22: LCACs bring supplies ashore in western Haiti

• Jan. 20: Up to 900 CG reservists authorized for Haiti

• Jan. 20: Nassau ARG, 24th MEU tapped for Haiti

• Jan. 20 Comfort treats first patients from Haiti

• Jan. 20: Gates says more ships on way to Haiti

• Jan. 19: Haiti native among doctors aboard Comfort

• Jan. 19: CG continues evacuations, clears port

• Jan. 19: Gators deliver Marines, aid to Haiti

• Jan. 19: Bataan ARG helo flights begin over Haiti

• Jan. 18: U.S. sends 5 more ships to help Haiti

• Jan. 18: Bataan ARG to begin arriving in Haiti today

• Jan. 18: Haiti aid mission uses lessons of war

• Jan. 17: Roughead: Navy committed to helping Haiti

• Jan. 16: Bunker Hill en route to help Haiti mission

• Jan. 15: Hospital ship Comfort to join Haiti mission

• Jan. 15: Bataan CWO bringing aid to birthplace

• Jan. 15: Bataan heads for Haiti

• Jan. 15: CG cutter Tahoma helps bleak clinic in Haiti

• Jan. 14: CG evacuates 160 Americans from Haiti

• Jan. 14: 100 Seabees bound for Haiti

• Jan. 14: 3 amphibs leave Virginia for Haiti

• Jan. 14: Gunston Hall diverted from APS mission

• Jan. 13: Carl Vinson, 6 other ships headed to Haiti

• Jan. 13: Coast Guard sends cutters, aircraft to Haiti