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Navy Redesignating USNS Puller As Commissioned Warship

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Navy Redesignating USNS Puller As Commissioned Warship
The USNS Lewis B. Puller, (T-ESB 3), the first Expeditionary Mobile Base in the formerly Mobile Landing Platform program. (Photo: General Dynamics)

The Navy is commissioning its first Expeditionary Landing Base as a warship yesterday for greater Navy operational flexibility, the service said.The USNS Lewis B. Puller (T-ESB-3) Expeditionary Sea Base, initially operated by Military Sealift Command, will now be commissioned as the USS Lewis B. Puller (ESB-3) at a ceremony at Khalifa bin Salman Port in Al Hidd, Bahrain.The Navy said it has a growing need to station more diverse and capable warships around the world as the security environment is…

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