• 2015 June 16 11:03

  General Dynamics NASSCO delivers USNS Lewis B. Puller

  

  On Friday, June 12, General Dynamics NASSCO, a wholly owned subsidiary of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), delivered the U.S. Navy's newest ship, the USNS Lewis B. Puller (MLP 3 AFSB). The ship is named in honor of the late U.S. Marine Corps Lieutenant General Lewis "Chesty" Puller, the most decorated Marine and the only one to be awarded five Navy Crosses. Construction on the USNS Lewis B. Puller began in 2013, the company said in its press release.

  The AFSB modifications add a 52,000 square-foot flight deck, fuel and equipment storage, repair spaces, magazines, mission planning spaces and accommodations for up to 250 personnel. The ship is capable of supporting multiple missions including Air Mine Counter Measures (AMCM), counter-piracy operations, maritime security operations, humanitarian aid and disaster relief missions and Marine Corps crisis response. The ship is designed to support MH-53 and MH-60 helicopters, and will be upgraded to support MV-22 tilt rotor aircraft.

  Earlier this year, NASSCO shipbuilders christened the ship with a ceremony at the company's shipyard in San Diego. The commandant of the Marine Corps, General Joseph F. Dunford, Jr., was the ceremony's principal speaker. Ms. Martha Puller Downs, daughter of General Puller, served as the ship's sponsor.

  The U.S. Navy has awarded NASSCO a contract for the detail design and construction of a fourth Mobile Landing Platform, to be configured as another Afloat Forward Staging Base. Construction is scheduled to begin in the fourth quarter of 2015.

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