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USS Lewis B. Puller (ESB-3), (formerly USNS Lewis B. Puller (T-ESB-3), and (T-MLP-3/T-AFSB-1) prior to that) [17] [18] is the first purpose-built expeditionary mobile base vessel (previously classified as a mobile landing platform, and then as an afloat forward staging base) for the United States Navy, and the second ship to be named in honor of Chesty Puller.
USS Lewis B. Puller may refer to: . USS Lewis B. Puller (FFG-23) was an Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate launched 1980 and transferred to Egypt 1998. USS Lewis B. Puller (ESB-3) is the first expeditionary mobile base (ESB) variant of expeditionary transfer dock ships, launched in 2014 and in active service
She was the first US Navy ship to be named for United States Marine Corps Lieutenant General Lewis B. "Chesty" Puller (1898–1971). Ordered from Todd Pacific Shipyards, Los Angeles Division , San Pedro , California on 28 February 1977 as part of the FY77 program, Lewis B. Puller was laid down on 23 May 1979, launched on 15 March 1980, and ...
Houthi military spokesperson Brig. Gen. Yahya Saree claimed the group fired a missile at the USS Lewis B. Puller in the Gulf of Aden. The Puller, which serves as a floating landing base, had been ...
The team, attached to the 5th Fleet based in Bahrain, were on board the USS Lewis B. Puller, which the Navy describes as a “mobile sea base.” They identified a small boat, known as a dhow ...
USS Lewis B. Puller: ESB-3 Lewis B. Puller: Expeditionary mobile base: 17 August 2017: Norfolk, VA [127] USS Louisiana: SSBN-743 Ohio: Ballistic missile submarine: 6 September 1997: Bangor, WA [128] USS Mahan: DDG-72 Arleigh Burke: Destroyer: 14 February 1998: Norfolk, VA [129] USS Maine: SSBN-741 Ohio: Ballistic missile submarine: 29 July 1995 ...
With two helicopters circling 200 feet overhead and drones hovering, the team departed from the USS Lewis B. Puller aboard three specialized speedboats. Pulling up alongside the smuggling boat, a ...
USS Miguel Keith (ESB-5) (formerly USNS Miguel Keith (T-ESB-5)) is a Lewis B. Puller-class expeditionary mobile base, one of three such ships in service with the United States Navy (USN) as of late 2021.