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 ...

The USS Lewis B. Puller, an expeditionary sea base ship named for Marine Corps legend Lt. Gen. Lewis “Chesty” B. Puller, is headed to the coast of Sudan in case it is needed to help evacuate ...

USS Lewis B. Puller (ESB-3) and the guided-missile destroyer USS Paul Hamilton (DDG-60) participate in a photo exercise in the Gulf of Oman, July 20, 2023. US Navy Photo The Pentagon denied the ...

A Pakistani captain was convicted of smuggling Iranian weapons to the Houthis, a mission that led to two Navy SEAL deaths and ...

The ships include two replenishment ships, one fleet oiler, a dozen Spearhead-class Expeditionary Fast Transports and two forward-deployed Navy expeditionary sea bases – the USS Lewis Puller ...

Two sources identified the forward-deployed sea bases as USS Lewis Puller (ESB-3), based in Bahrain in U.S. Central Command, and USS Hershel “Woody” Williams (ESB-4), based in Naval Support ...

USNI News previously reported that Williams and the U.S. Central Command-based USS Lewis Puller (ESB-3) were two ships MSC identified for potential layup to ease the stress on the civilian mariner ...

Now the ship is in the capable hands of Skarosi, who most recently served as commanding officer of Expeditionary Sea Base USS Lewis B. Puller (ESB 3). He previously served as commanding officer of ...

A Navy proposal to put more than a dozen support ships out of service to ease a crippling shortage of qualified civilian mariners could damage U.S. efforts to counter its competitors in Africa and ...

Skarosi most recently served as commanding officer of Expeditionary Sea Base USS Lewis B. Puller (ESB 3), Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 139, and executive officer of PCU John F. Kennedy (CVN 79).