Phoenix Provides Floodlights for USNS Comfort

With the drastic increase in COVID-19 cases, the USNS Comfort was recently deployed to New York to provide relief for land-based hospitals that were over-capacity and struggling to keep up with the escalating number of critical patients.

In order to properly accommodate this mission, the Navy required hull perimeter and waterline security lighting that the current traditional fixtures couldn’t provide. The USNS Comfort would benefit from an immediate upgrade to LED. The Navy looked to Phoenix Lighting – its longstanding lighting supplier in Milwaukee, Wis. Working closely with its distribution partners, Federal Resources and Resource Lighting and Controls, Phoenix was able to meet the Navy’s needs.

In a matter of four days, Phoenix Lighting customized, built and delivered ModCom 2 LED floodlights to give the USNS Comfort the updated safety, light quality and efficiency required for the current deployment.

“Doing our part to assist the US Navy during this critical time has motivated the team and instilled a sense of pride in all of us,” commented Jeff Konkel, VP of Operations at Phoenix Lighting. “I commend everyone involved for working quickly and efficiently when it was needed the most.”  

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