The Solomon Islands celebrated the arrival of the U.S. Navy Hospital Ship Mercy on Aug. 30 for its inaugural visit to the island nation, one week after the government rejected a scheduled port call by the U.S. Coast Guard vessel Oliver Henry.
The hospital ship, which is one of the largest vessels to visit the Pacific nation, will provide extensive medical services to civilians of the Solomon Islands with more than 1,000 dental services and 70 surgeries,
