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Expeditionary Sea Base USNS John L. Canley (T-ESB 6) was delivered to Military Sealift Command (MSC), during a brief ceremony onboard the ship at the General Dynamics NASSCO shipyard in San Diego, Calif. yesterday
The 784 foot ship honors Gunnery Sgt. John L. Canley, a United States Marine who distinguished himself in battle during the Viet Nam war, in January/February 1968, during the Battle of Huế, with Company A, 1st Battalion, 1st Marines. Canley was originally awarded the Navy Cross but this was upgraded to the Medal of Honor, fifty years after the battle, making him the first living Black Marine to receive the nation’s highest military decoration for valor. The only previous Black recipients in the Marine Corps who received the medal posthumously.
Christened at NASSCO June 27, 2022, Canley is the sixth ship in the expeditionary mobile base platform build for MSC, and the third expeditionary staging base model. When activated, Canley will primarily support aviation mine countermeasure and special operations force missions. In addition to the flight deck, the ship has a hangar with two aviation operating spots capable of handling MH-53E Sea Dragon-equivalent helicopters; accommodations, work spaces, and ordnance storage for embarked force; enhanced command, control, communications, computers, and intelligence to support embarked force mission planning and execution; and reconfigurable mission deck area to store embarked force equipment to include mine sleds and rigid hull inflatable boats.
“Any day when we take delivery of a new ship is always a great day,” said Capt. Kendall Bridgewater, commander, Military Sealift Command Pacific. “We are proud to welcome USNS John Canley into the MSC fleet. These ships allow MSC to continue support to a variety of missions. We look forward to getting this ship fully operational and out to the fleet using her wide ranging functionality which will be optimized in the Pacific area of operations and beyond.”
Following testing and various qualifications and inspection, Canley will become operational and will deploy in support of national defense missions throughout the world.
| Date Taken: | 03.02.2023 |
| Date Posted: | 03.02.2023 14:44 |
| Story ID: | 439586 |
| Location: | SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA, US |
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