13 June 2022 U.S., UAE Forces Begin Maritime Exercise in Arabian Gulf MANAMA, Bahrain - Naval forces from the United Arab Emirates and United States began a 10-day maritime exercise, June 13, in the Arabian Gulf...
24 May 2022 Miguel Keith, Charleston, Chief conduct Exercise Noble Vanguard in the Indo-Pacific SEA OF JAPAN - Ships assigned to Expeditionary Strike Group (ESG) 7 participated in integrated mine-countermeasure training exercise Noble Vanguard May 12 to 21...
16 May 2022 USS Hershel “Woody” Williams BLUE MILCREW Begins Deployment The Blue military crew (MILCREW) of the USS Hershel “Woody” Williams (ESB 4) and the ship’s Military Sealift Command Civilian Mariners (CIVMARs) departed Civitavecchia, Italy, to begin a scheduled deployment in the U.S. Sixth Fleet area of operations, May 14, 2022...
10 May 2022 Gold To Blue: USS Hershel “Woody” Williams Swaps Crew CIVITAVECCHIA, Italy - The forward-deployed Expeditionary Sea Base USS Hershel “Woody” Williams (ESB 4) swapped crews after completing the ship’s fourth deployment through the U.S. Sixth Fleet area of operations, May 9, 2022...
05 May 2022 USNS John Lewis Conducts Acceptance Trials USNS John Lewis (T-AO 205), the Navy’s lead ship of its new class of fleet replenishment oilers, conducted Acceptance Trials, April 25...
05 May 2022 Keel Authenticated for Future USNS Earl Warren (T-AO 207) The keel for the future USNS Earl Warren (T-AO 207), the Navy’s 3rd John Lewis-class fleet replenishment oiler, was laid at General Dynamics National Steel and Shipbuilding Company (GD-NASSCO), April 30...
05 May 2022 Keel Authenticated for Future USS John L. Canley SAN DIEGO - The keel for the future USS John L. Canley (ESB 6), the Navy’s fourth Expeditionary Sea Base (ESB), was laid at General Dynamics National Steel and Shipbuilding Company (GD-NASSCO) shipyard in San Diego on April 30...
20 April 2022 USS Hershel “Woody” Williams Completes Gulf of Guinea Maritime Security Patrol NAVAL STATION ROTA, Spain - The Expeditionary Sea Base USS Hershel “Woody” Williams (ESB 4) arrived at Naval Station Rota, Spain, following a successful maritime security patrol in the Gulf of Guinea, April 18, 2022...
07 April 2022 U.S. Tri-maritime Services and Cabo Verde Authorities Interdict Large Trans-Oceanic Cocaine Shipment ATLANTIC OCEAN - U.S. Sailors, Coast Guardsmen and Marines embarked aboard U.S. Navy Expeditionary Sea Base USS Hershel “Woody” Williams (ESB 4), with support from the Environmental Security Programme of the International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL), assisted Cabo Verde authorities with...
17 March 2022 USS Hershel “Woody” Williams Arrives in Dakar, Senegal for OE22 Closing Ceremony DAKAR, Senegal - The Expeditionary Sea Base USS Hershel “Woody” Williams (ESB 4) arrived in Dakar, Senegal following their participation in Exercise Obangame Express 2022 (OE22), Mar. 17. ...