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Home» News»U.S. Navy Accepts Delivery of USNS Miguel Keith

U.S. Navy Accepts Delivery of USNS Miguel Keith

The U.S. Navy accepted delivery of its third Expeditionary Sea Base (ESB) ship, USNS Miguel Keith (ESB 5) on Nov. 15.

Xavier Vavasseur 19 Nov 2019

NAVSEA press release

Delivery marks the official transfer of the ship from the shipbuilder to the Navy. ESB 5 will be owned and operated by Military Sealift Command.

“The Navy and industry team overcame significant setbacks in the construction of this ship, and I’m extremely proud of the urgency and determination displayed on everyone’s part to deliver a high quality ship that will support our operational requirements in the 7th Fleet area of operation. Like the ship’s namesake, those who sail aboard Miguel Keith will embody his dedication to service to our country.”

Capt. Scot Searles, Strategic Sealift and Theater Sealift program manager, Program Executive Office Ships

ESBs are highly flexible, modular platforms that are optimized to support a variety of maritime based missions including Special Operations Force and Airborne Mine Counter Measures support operations in addition to humanitarian support and sustainment of traditional military missions.

UMSC conduct MV-22 Osprey landing qualifications, logistics support and refueling operations with US Navy expeditionary staging base USS Lewis B. Puller

ESBs include a four spot flight deck and hangar and a versatile mission deck and are designed around four core capabilities: aviation facilities, berthing, equipment staging support, and command and control assets. ESBs will operate as the component commander requires providing the U.S. Navy fleet with a critical access infrastructure that supports the flexible deployment of forces and supplies.

USNS Miguel Keith was constructed by General Dynamics NASSCO shipyard in San Diego. NASSCO is under contract for detail design and construction of ESB 6 and 7, with an option for ESB 8.  

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Posted by : Xavier Vavasseur
Xavier is based in Paris, France. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Management Information Systems and a Master of Business Administration from Florida Institute of Technology (FIT). Xavier has been covering naval defense topics for nearly a decade.

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