Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The US Navy's new floating base for Marines and Navy SEALs is named for a Vietnam war hero USS John L. Canley joined the active ...

The USS Lewis B. Puller is an expeditionary sea base stationed in the Arabian Sea. Houthi rebels in Yemen claimed they hit the Puller on January 29, but US officials denied it. Last month, two Navy ...

The future USS John L. Canley will be commissioned Saturday at Naval Base North Island. It's just the sixth expeditionary sea base in the Navy. Expeditionary sea bases, or ESBs, function as helicopter ...

The future USS Robert E. Simanek is docked at left prior to the christening ceremony. Courtesy NASSCO The fifth in a series of unusual Navy ships that are effectively floating Marine bases was ...

The United States is bolstering its military presence near China by deploying the Marine Corps on a specialized naval vessel serving as a sea base, extending the unit's reach across the contested ...

The U.S. Navy commissioned its newest Expeditionary Sea Base (ESB) ship USS Miguel Keith (ESB 5) Saturday, at Naval Air Station North Island, Coronado, Calif.Built by General Dynamics NASSCO, the ...

U.S. Navy Expeditionary Sea Base (ESB) ships continue to take on additional mission sets as the service builds the class of ships to enhance its forward presence, drone command and ...

NORFOLK, Va. (April 10, 2025) - The Lewis B. Puller-class expeditionary mobile base USS Hershel “Woody” Williams (ESB 4) returns to Naval Station Norfolk, April 10, 2025. Hershel “Woody” Williams was ...