04.12.2021, 14:31
Zitat:Construction Begins On US Navy’s Fifth Expeditionary Sea Basehttps://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/202...-sea-base/
Construction started on the fifth Expeditionary Sea Base (ESB), the future USS Robert E. Simanek (ESB 7), at General Dynamics National Steel and Shipbuilding Company (GD-NASSCO) in San Diego during a small ceremony, Dec. 1. [...]
The ESB ship class is highly flexible and used across a broad range of military operations supporting multiple operational phases, similar to the Expeditionary Transfer Dock class. Acting as a mobile sea base, they are part of the critical access infrastructure that supports the deployment of forces and supplies to provide prepositioned equipment and sustainment with flexible distribution. [...] GD-NASSCO has delivered three other ESBs and is currently constructing the future USS John L. Canley (ESB 6).
Es handelt sich bei diesen Expeditionary Transfer Docks um mobile, d. h. schwimmende und bewegliche Basen (auch Expeditionary Mobile Bases) für amphibische Operationen, wobei der Hauptaugenmerk aber eher auf reiner Logistik und im Bereich von low-intensity missions liegt. Immerhin sind es mit geschätzt 78.000 ts Verdrängung die größten Einheiten der Navy nach den Flugzeugträgern...
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