13 September 2022 USS Hershel “Woody” Williams (ESB 4) arrives in Pointe Noire, Republic of the Congo POINTE NOIRE, Republic of the Congo - The Lewis B. Puller-class expeditionary sea base USS Hershel “Woody” Williams (ESB 4) arrived in Pointe Noire, Republic of the Congo for a scheduled port visit, Sept. 12, 2022...
03 September 2022 USS Hershel “Woody” Williams (ESB 4) arrives in Walvis Bay, Namibia WALVIS BAY, Namibia - The Lewis B. Puller-class expeditionary sea base USS Hershel “Woody” Williams arrived in Walvis Bay, Namibia on September 3 for a scheduled port visit. The USS Hershel “Woody” Williams is the first U.S. Navy vessel to be assigned to the United States Africa Command area of...
01 September 2022 USS Hershel “Woody” Williams Gold Crew awarded USCG Special Ops ribbon PORTSMOUTH, Va. – It was an April Fool’s Day for the ages and perhaps the signature moment for the USS Hershel “Woody” Williams (ESB 4) Gold Crew recently being awarded the United States Coast Guard Special Operations Service (SOS) Ribbon during a presentation last week by Coast Guard Vice Adm...
29 August 2022 USS Hershel “Woody” Williams (ESB 4) arrives in Cape Town, South Africa CAPE TOWN, South Africa - The Lewis B. Puller-class expeditionary sea base USS Hershel “Woody” Williams (ESB 4) arrived in Cape Town, South Africa for a scheduled port visit, Aug. 29, 2022...
13 August 2022 USS Hershel “Woody” Williams (ESB 4) Arrives in Tanzania DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania - The Lewis B. Puller-class expeditionary sea base USS Hershel “Woody” Williams (ESB 4) arrived in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania for a scheduled port visit, Aug. 13, 2022...
30 July 2022 USS Hershel “Woody” Williams (ESB 4) arrives in Port of Djibouti DJIBOUTI, Djibouti -The Lewis B. Puller-class expeditionary sea base USS Hershel “Woody” Williams (ESB 4) entered the Port of Djibouti for a scheduled port visit July 29, 2022...
11 July 2022 USS Hershel “Woody” Williams Holds a Remembrance Ceremony in Honor of Namesake INDIAN OCEAN – Sailors and civilian mariners assigned to the Lewis B. Puller-class expeditionary sea base USS Hershel “Woody” Williams (ESB 4) held a remembrance ceremony for the ships namesake, July 9, 2022...
04 June 2022 Hershel “Woody” Williams participates in exercise Phoenix Express 2022 MEDITERRANEAN SEA - The Lewis B. Puller-class expeditionary sea base USS Hershel “Woody” Williams (ESB 4) participated in visit, board, search and seizure (VBSS) training evolutions as part of exercise Phoenix Express 2022 (PE22) in the Mediterranean Sea, from May 29 - June 1, 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...
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...