U.S. Navy Sends Nontraditional Ships to Support Sudan Evacuation

USS Lewis B. Puller (ESB-3), USNS Brunswick (T-EPF-6)

Without a carrier strike group or amphibious readiness group currently operating in the Middle East, the U.S. Navy has dispatched two little-known ship classes to help the State Department evacuate people from Sudan.

Spearhead-class Expeditionary Fast Transport USNS Brunswick (T-EPF-6) moved about 300 people from Port Sudan to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on Monday. Meanwhile, Lewis B. Puller-class expeditionary sea base USS Lewis B. Puller (ESB-3) is...

https://news.usni.org/2023/05/01/u-s-navy-sends-untraditional-ships-to-support-sudan-evacuation

Navy Sails 300 Evacuees from Sudan to Saudi Arabia, U.S. Mobile Sea Base Now in the Red Sea

Expeditionary fast transport ship USNS Brunswick (T-EPF 6) departs Naval Base Guam, passing the MSC expeditionary fast transport ship USNS Fall River (T-EPF 4) and marking the start of Pacific Partnership 2019. Navy photo

A high-speed Navy catamaranmoved about 300 evacuees from Sudan to Saudi Arabia, arriving in the port of Jeddah Monday, USNI News has learned.

USNS Brunswick (EPF-6) left the Port of Sudan with about 300 people aboard, bound for Jeddah, traveling 180 miles across the Red Sea,...

https://news.usni.org/2023/05/01/navy-sails-300-evacuees-from-sudan-to-saudi-arabia-u-s-mobile-sea-base-now-in-the-red-sea

Destroyer USS Truxtun Operating Near Port Sudan Following U.S. Embassy Evacuation

Sonar Technician (Surface) 3rd Class Austin McFatter, left, and Sonar Technician 3rd Class Brian Dwyer stand watch aboard guided-missile destroyer USS Truxtun (DDG 103) during a transit of the Bab al-Mandeb, April 18, 2023. U.S. Navy Photo

Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Truxtun (DDG-103) is off the coast of Sudan following the evacuation of the U.S. Embassy in Khartoum.

Truxtun is operating near Port Sudan, while the U.S. is also sending Expeditionary Sea Base USS Lewis B....

https://news.usni.org/2023/04/24/destroyer-uss-truxtun-operating-near-port-sudan-following-u-s-embassy-evacuation

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