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US Lewis B Puller Class



Landing Ship/Platform Dock

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Landing Ship/Platform Dock Lewis B Puller Class



First purposely-built Expeditionary Mobile Base (ESB) ships for the United States Navy. They are a sub-variant of the Montford Point-class Expeditionary Transfer Dock (ESD)



  Specifications


145crew
153troops
39900light (tn)
87000full load (tn)
233length (m)
50beam (m)
7.80draught (m)
9500range (nm)
15max speed (knots)

0Naval Engine diesel-electric

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  Shipyards


US NASSCO San Diego - 1



  List of Ships


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2017--USUS NavyESB-3USS Lewis B PullerNPUL
2020--USUS NavyESB-4USS Hershel “Woody” WilliamsNHWW
2021--USUS NavyESB-5USS Miguel KeithNMKH



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  Events


2012-feb-26OrderedOrdered US ESB-3 USS Lewis B Puller
2013-nov-05Laid downLaid down US ESB-3 USS Lewis B Puller
2014-nov-06LaunchedLaunched US ESB-3 USS Lewis B Puller
2014-nov-06LaunchedLaunched US ESB-3 USS Lewis B Puller as MLP-3, changed to T-ESB-3 in 2015
2017-aug-17CommissionedCommissioned US ESB-3 USS Lewis B Puller as ESB-3 in Bahrain
2017-aug-19LaunchedLaunched US ESB-4 USS Hershel “Woody” Williams
2018-jan-30Laid downLaid down US ESB-5 USS Miguel Keith at General Dynamics NASSCO, San Diego as USNS Miguel Keith (T-ESB-5)
2019-nov-15 US ESB-5 USS Miguel Keith delivered to USN, delayed 6 months by a flood in summer 2018
2020-mar-07CommissionedCommissioned US ESB-4 USS Hershel “Woody” Williams
2020-augHomeportHomeport US ESB-4 USS Hershel “Woody” Williams Souda Bay, Greece
2021-may-08CommissionedCommissioned US ESB-5 USS Miguel Keith at NAS North Island









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