Feb 15/10: The US Navy completes an at-sea exercise to demonstrate the transfer of vehicles between a surrogate MLP ship and a Large Medium-Speed Roll-on/Roll-off (LMSR) ship. The test demonstrated a self-deploying ramp system installed on the M/V Mighty Servant 3, and a new self-deploying sideport platform installed on the LMSR ship USNS Soderman.

2015年6月15日 · MLPs are highly flexible platforms that provide logistics movement from sea to shore supporting a broad range of military operations. The AFSB variant is designed around four core capabilities:...

An Expeditionary Transfer Dock (ESD), formerly the Mobile Landing Platform (MLP), is designed to be a semi- submersible, flexible, modular platform providing the US Navy with the capability to perform large-scale logistics movements such as the …

2025年3月21日 · ESB ships are mobile sea-based assets and are a part of the critical access infrastructure that supports the deployment of forces, equipment, supplies, and warfighting capability. The ships were...

An Expeditionary Transfer Dock (ESD), formerly the Mobile Landing Platform (MLP), is designed to be a semi-submersible, flexible, modular platform providing the Navy with the capability to perform large-scale logistics movements such as the …

Lewis B. Puller (ESB-3) is the second ship named after Marine Corps Lieutenant General Lewis Burwell "Chesty" Puller. The first was USS Lewis B. Puller (FFG-23), an Oliver Hazard Perry -class frigate.

2022年1月28日 · The ESD was formerly known as Mobile Landing Platform (MLP) while the ESB was known as Afloat Forward Staging Base (AFSB). In April 2011, the US Navy placed a contract with General Dynamics National Steel and Shipbuilding Company (NASSCO) for the detailed design and construction of two ESD ships.

The ESD and ESB ships were originally called the Mobile Landing Platform (MLP) and the MLP Afloat Forward Staging Base (AFSB), respectively. In September 2015, the Secretary of the Navy...

The Military Sealift Command mobile landing ship USNS John Glenn (MLP 2) successfully completed builder's sea trials on Jan. 13. The ship is expected to be delivered to the Navy in March...

2019年8月22日 · MLP is a modified heavy-lift ship the Navy procured that uses float-on/float-off technology. It is based on the British Petroleum Alaska class oil tanker. Thirty-four Military Sealift Command (MSC) contracted mariners will operate and maintain the MLP (CCS) vessels. Thirty-four MSC civilian mariners will operate and maintain the MLP (AFSB) vessels.