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 ...

USS John L. Canley joined the active fleet as the US Navy's newest warship, a floating sea base. The Canley is the Navy's sixth expeditionary mobile base (ESB). The first of its name, the warship ...

The Marine Corps recently conducted its first live-fire training with a full detachment of helicopters operating from a sea-base ship near Okinawa, showcasing the flexibility of its expeditionary ...

The U.S. Marine Rotational Force-Darwin is tasked with responding to contingencies and crises in the Indo-Pacific.

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 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 ...

U.S. Military helicopters takeoff and land aboard USS Miguel Keith (ESB-5) during Exercise Balikatan 22 in March, 2022. The ...

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 ...

The U.S. Navy has awarded General Dynamics‘ (NYSE: GD) NASSCO subsidiary a $324.4 million contract modification for the detail, design and construction of a follow-on Expeditionary Sea Base. The ...

When war broke out in Gaza and shortly thereafter Houthi fighters threatened shipping in the Red Sea, US Marine forces of the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) were quickly routed to the area to ...

Preparing the 44,300 Marines and sailors of the I Marine Expeditionary Force for a Pacific fight has been the primary focus for the California-based command, outgoing commander Lt. Gen. Michael ...