USS John L. Canley joined the active fleet as the US Navy's newest warship, a floating sea base. The Canley is the Navy's sixth expeditionary mobile base (ESB). The first of its name, the warship ...

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, two Navy ...

The future USS John L. Canley will be commissioned Saturday at Naval Base North Island. It's just the sixth expeditionary sea base in the Navy. Expeditionary sea bases, or ESBs, function as helicopter ...

A view from inside the John L. Canley’s hangar across the flight deck to the bridge. Photo by Chris Jennewein A unique warship that’s almost as large as an aircraft carrier and able to support ...

The Marine Corps recently conducted its first live-fire training with a full detachment of helicopters operating from a sea-base ship near Okinawa, showcasing the flexibility of its expeditionary ...

SAN DIEGO—The Navy has a new sea base that can handle anything from minesweeping to V-22 operations to unmanned systems—if ever called to do so. USS John L. Canley, named for a Marine gunnery sergeant ...

John L. Canley risked his own safety to pull wounded Marines to safety during the Tet Offensive in the Vietnam War. By Nicholas Slayton Published Dec 16, 2023 4:00 PM EST The USS John L. Canley, the ...

The future USS Robert E. Simanek is docked at left prior to the christening ceremony. Courtesy NASSCO The fifth in a series of unusual Navy ships that are effectively floating Marine bases was ...

The U.S. Navy and Marine Corps are building a new fleet of “Sea Basing” ships capable of transporting Marines, launching Special Operations attacks, controlling drones, supporting air operations, and ...

U.S. Marine Corps amphibious combat vehicles with Battalion Landing Team 3/5, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, depart from the well deck of the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD 4) in ...

NMESIS itself is a game-changer: a mobile, ground-based launcher packing two stealthy Kongsberg Naval Strike Missiles with a ...

When war broke out in Gaza and shortly thereafter Houthi fighters threatened shipping in the Red Sea, US Marine forces of the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) were quickly routed to the area to ...