19 September 2019 Navy Tests Mine Countermeasures on USNS Hershel 'Woody' Williams USNS Hershel "Woody" Williams (T-ESB 4) recently completed a three-day underway in the Chesapeake Bay to integrate a Littoral Combat Ship Mine Countermeasure (MCM) Mission Package on the Expeditionary Sea Base platform...
07 November 2018 NMCB 1 Completes Bridging Exercise with Marines from 8th ESB Seventeen U.S. Navy Seabees attached to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 1, along with more than 80 Marines from the 8th Engineer Support Battalion (ESB) completed their bridging mission in Berkak, Norway, Oct. 30, during Exercise Trident Juncture 2018...
12 February 2018 NAVSUP GLS Leadership visits NAVSUP FLC Bahrain Naval Supply Systems Command (NAVSUP) Global Logistics Support (GLS) Commander Rear Adm. Grafton Chase and Command Master Chief Chris Fitzgerald visited NAVSUP Fleet Logistics Center (FLC) Bahrain, Jan. 8-10...
05 February 2018 USS Preble Conducts Operations with USS Lewis B. Puller Sailors from the Arleigh Burke class guided-missile destroyer USS Preble (DDG 88) and the expeditionary sea base USS Lewis B. Puller (ESB 3) experienced a different side of the U.S. Navy, Jan. 20, during a brief crew swap between the two ships...
30 January 2018 Keel Laid for Future USNS Miguel Keith The future USNS Miguel Keith (ESB 5) held a keel laying ceremony Jan. 30 at the General Dynamics NASSCO shipyard, San Diego...
24 January 2018 USNS Hershel Williams Completes Integrated Trials USNS Hershel 'Woody' Williams (T-ESB 4), successfully completed the first Integrated Trials for an Expeditionary Sea Base (ESB) ship Jan. 19, sailing from and returning to General Dynamics National Steel and Shipbuilding Co. (NASSCO) shipyard in San Diego...
04 November 2017 SECNAV Names New Expeditionary Sea Base Secretary of the Navy Richard V. Spencer announced the Navy's newest Expeditionary Sea Base (ESB) ship, T-ESB 5, will be named in honor of Marine Corps Vietnam veteran and Medal of Honor recipient Miguel Keith during a ceremony in National Harbor, Maryland, Nov. 4...
19 October 2017 Navy to Christen Expeditionary Sea Base Hershel "Woody" Williams (ESB 4) The Navy will christen the Expeditionary Sea Base future USNS Hershel "Woody" Williams (ESB 4) during a 10 a.m. PDT ceremony Saturday, Oct. 21, at General Dynamics NASSCO, San Diego...
11 July 2017 USNS Lewis B. Puller Begins First Operational Deployment The U.S. Navy's first purpose-built expeditionary sea base, USNS Lewis B. Puller (T-ESB 3), departed from Naval Station Norfolk to begin its first operational deployment, July 10...
21 June 2016 USNS Lewis B. Puller: The Future of Expeditionary Minehunting The Navy's first expeditionary mobile base, USNS Lewis B. Puller (T-ESB 3) got underway from Naval Station Norfolk to perform airborne countermine deployment training, June 13-16...