Hospital ship/Legends

Hospital ships were medical spacecraft often accompanying large or medium sized military fleets to provide back-up in battle, though they were also sometimes found without military company. Hospital ships were mobile hospitals equipped with medical gear, such as bacta tanks and medical droids.

The medstar-class starships functioned both as medical transport ships and hospital ships during the Clone Wars, being manned by top class medics and, in some cases, also Jedi healers.

During the Galactic Civil War, Nebulon-B frigates were often converted into hospital ships, by gutting the internal hangar bay out to make room for an internal hospital. Luke Skywalker was healed aboard such a converted Nebulon-B frigate after having lost his hand by the lightsaber of Darth Vader.

Another former military vessel converted into a hospital ship was the Mercy, a two kilometer long former Imperial spaceship, appropriated by the Rebels during the Galactic Civil War. It was aboard this ship that Kyle Katarn was healed in ward 114's bacta tank 23 after having been injured during his second mission to Nar Shaddaa.

Apearances

 * The Empire Strikes Back
 * Dark Forces: Rebel Agent