Navy Commissions USS Miguel Keith in California

SAN DIEGO (May 8, 2021) – The Lewis B. Puller-class expeditionary mobile base USS Miguel Keith (ESB 5) sits pierside during the ship’s commissioning ceremony. US Navy Photo

The Navy’s latest Expeditionary Sea Base ship officially entered the fleet on Saturday.

The service commissioned USS Miguel Keith (ESB-5) in a ceremony at Naval Air Station North Island, Calif., the service said in a statement.

The new ESB will be based out of Saipan in the Northern Mariana Islands, according to the Navy.

“Capt....

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Marines’ Land Systems Acquisition Portfolio Highlights Importance of Naval Integration, Littoral Operations

U.S. Marines with Amphibious Vehicle Test Branch, Marine Corps Tactical Systems Support Activity, drive a new Amphibious Combat Vehicle ashore during low-light surf transit testing at AVTB Beach on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., Dec. 18, 2019. US Marine Corps Photo

Navy and Marine Corps acquisition efforts are increasingly colored by the services’ focus on boosting naval integration between the services in support of distributed maritime operations and expeditionary advance base...

https://news.usni.org/2020/09/24/marines-land-systems-acquisition-portfolio-highlights-importance-of-naval-integration-littoral-operations

Expeditionary Seabase USS Hershel ‘Woody’ Williams Deploys for AFRICOM

Medal of Honor recipient Hershel “Woody” Williams poses with Capt. George P. McCarthy, right, ship’s master, and Capt. David L. Gray, commanding officer of the Blue team, aboard the expeditionary sea base USS Hershel “Woody” Williams (ESB 4). Williams visited with Sailors and crew prior to the ship’s commissioning on March 7 in Norfolk, Va. US Navy photo.

In U.S. 5th Fleet, sister ship USS Lewis B. “Chesty” Puller (ESB-3) has been operating in theater since it first arrived in August 2017. Much...

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Navy Will Commission All Expeditionary Sea Bases as USS Warships

Miguel Keith (ESB-5) departs General Dynamics National Steel and Shipbuilding Co. shipyard in San Diego, Calif. During the weeklong acceptance trials, the Navy’s Board of Inspection and Survey conducted comprehensive tests to demonstrate and evaluate the performance of all of the ship’s major systems in 2019. NASSCO photo

ARLINGTON, Va. – The Navy will now commission all of its Expeditionary Sea Base ships to allow them to conduct a broader and more lethal mission set, compared to original plans...

https://news.usni.org/2020/01/21/navy-will-commission-all-expeditionary-sea-bases-as-uss-warships