Photo by Sarah Cannon | Military Sealift Command Pacific | 04.25.2024
Jessica Cafferata, USNS Hector A. Cafferata (ESB 8) sponsors and granddaughter of the ship's namesake, addresses the audience of shipbuilders during the ship's keel laying ceremony at NASSCO shipyard. Cafferata is the sixth and final ship of the Expeditionary Sea Base (ESB) variant of the Expeditionary Transfer Dock platform and Military Sealift Command's newest ship....
Photo by Sarah Cannon | Military Sealift Command Pacific | 04.25.2024
Heather Cafferata (left) and Jessica Cafferata, USNS Hector A. Cafferata (ESB 8) sponsors, accept their Certified Welder certificated after welding their initials into the keel plate of the new ship as part of the ship's keel laying ceremony at NASSCO shipyard. The steel plate with their initials will be permanently affixed to the ship’s keel, remaining with the vessel through its time in......
Photo by Sarah Cannon | Military Sealift Command Pacific | 04.25.2024
Heather Cafferata, USNS Hector A. Cafferata (ESB 8) sponsor, welds her initials into the keel plate of the new ship as part of the ship's keel laying ceremony at NASSCO shipyard. The steel plate with her initials will be permanently affixed to the ship’s keel, remaining with the vessel through its time in service....
