US Navy ordered the construction of two more giant ship type ESB

The American fleet will soon be replenished with two more giant supply ships. As transmits "Warspot" citing the portal navaltoday.com, the US Navy command signed a contract with General Dynamics for the construction of two more expeditionary ships of the ESB type (Expeditionary Sea Base).

According to available information, the construction of ships will begin in the 2020 year, delivery to the customer is scheduled for the 2023 year. In this case, the contract takes into account the option to build another additional ship of this type. For General Dynamics, the contract for the construction of expeditionary naval bases is not the first. Previously, she transferred four ships of this type to the US Navy and is already completing the fifth.

The first two marine expeditionary bases became part of the auxiliary fleet, however, later became part of the combat fleet. This decision was made due to the fact that, according to the laws of the United States, only ships and vessels included in the combat fleet can participate in combat missions. For example, the USNS Lewis B. Puller (T-ESB-3) expeditionary naval base, which was part of the auxiliary fleet, in August 2018 became part of the fleet's warships, becoming the USS Lewis B. Puller (ESB-3). The captain of the U.S. Navy Adan Cruz became the commander of the ship, and the whole team received the status of military personnel.

ESB (Expeditionary Sea Base or expeditionary naval bases) are the largest non-nuclear ships in the US Navy. The total displacement is 78 000 tons, and in this parameter the ship loses only to nuclear carriers such as Nimitz and Gerald R. Ford, the displacement of which is on the order of 100 000 t. The length of the ship is 233 m, the maximum width is 50 m. There is a flight deck and helicopter hangars .

Ships of this type are designed to provide combat operations of the U.S. Armed Forces in low-intensity conflicts, and are an actual military base that has all the necessary infrastructure - ammunition depots, fuel and lubricants, and other resources, premises for a relatively comfortable deployment of the military contingent. Four heavy transport helicopters, the CH-53, and an amphibious barge capable of taking on board about 300 armed fighters, are envisioned for delivering military personnel ashore. The takeoff and landing platform of the marine base is capable of receiving the Osprey MV-22 convertiplanes used by the US Marine Corps as well.

Comments

[bubalik]

stockpiles of ammunition, fuel and lubricants, and other resources, premises for a relatively comfortable deployment of military contingent

,,, what a "tasty" target

[voyaka uh]

The target is mobile. It cannot be hit by an astro-inertial or GPS / GLONAS.

[yehat]

a pair of dexterous boats with guns equipped with Somali biogeads of guidance is capable of this vessel, if not to navigate, then strongly convince to surrender.

[voyaka uh]

Uhh ... Somali pirates boarded only those who immediately surrendered and did not start firing. They take on show-offs with their machine gun on the turrets and bursts of Kalash into the air.

[Shurik70]

Pirates are by definition looking for easy prey. So Somalis are not an indicator.
But a suicide squad (the same Yemen will easily provide such) on motor boats filled with a couple of tons of TNT may be successful. But the attack should not be in "potentially dangerous waters", where the military, at the slightest suspicion, open fire - a pair of rapid-fire cannons will multiply the motorboats to zero long before they come close. If they don't find a way to sneak up close

[tihonmarine]

Quote: voyaka uh

Somali pirates boarded

The question is, at whose direction did they work?

[Alexey RA]

Quote: yehat

a pair of dexterous boats with guns equipped with Somali biogeads of guidance is capable of this vessel, if not to navigate, then strongly convince to surrender.

Mwa ha ha ... actually, one of the tasks of the ESB is the fight against piracy. Moreover, in addition to supplying anti-piracy forces and basing helicopters, the ESB provides accommodation for a military team of up to 250 people (100 sailors and 150 pilots and marines).
So each of the 44 civilian sailors from the ESB team has five soldiers behind him.

[Cyrus]

How many such vessels have you sunk or forced to surrender in person or as part of something? that not one, then you are just a balabol.

[bubalik]

It cannot be hit by an astro-inertial or GPS / GLONAS.

,,, out on the next branch, discuss for two days, an aircraft carrier can be drowned with one missile supply ship

[yehat]

Quote: bubalik

an aircraft carrier can be drowned with a single missile

do not squander the good, such need to requisition, and not drown
the good uncle Sam cared, collected painstakingly equipment for your army, and you barbarously drown ??? Spanish corsairs rolled over in coffins.

[bubalik]

yehat (Sergey)

don't squander good

,, really, something I did not think why drown if you can grab

[Greenwood]

Finish fantasizing. Silenok you do not have enough to capture anything, especially from the States.

[bubalik]

Finish fantasizing

,,, to dream, you can

[Greenwood]

While we dream, they are building.

[DMB_95]

Quote: Greenwood

While we dream, they are building.

They must build and maintain their huge fleet, because they are cut off from the rest of the world by oceans and seas. And our geographical location implies a completely different strategy, in which the navy is needed not as much as they have in terms of quantity and composition. Our Navy and their Navy are completely different in their tasks.

[Cyrus]

Well, under mushrooms and cocaine everything is possible and not only with a rocket, but with anything, even a sofa cushion)).

[lucul]

The target is mobile. It cannot be hit by astro-inertial or GPS / GLONAS

Helicopters, how moving targets hit? ))))

[den3080]

Powerful live! Her fate is predicted in the science-fiction film "Water World" with Kevin Costner in the title role :)
Who watched will understand.

[Greenwood]

In the film, it was like an ordinary tanker.

[den3080]

Quote: Greenwood

In the film, it was like an ordinary tanker.

well it was a science fiction movie life is more diverse :)

[Mikhail Drabkin]

You den3080 write:

Powerful live!

I will add "Speetsiyiga live, wai her?" Riga man?

[tihonmarine]

Quote: voyaka uh

stockpiles of ammunition, fuel and lubricants, and other resources, premises for a relatively comfortable deployment of military contingent

I am a patriot, but as a sailor I will say that American shipbuilders make beautiful ships. Nobody has such yet. Be offended, minus, but it's true. And in three years they’ll bury such a colossus.

[elai]

A good ship, I wonder how many tanks it can carry at a time?
Very suitable, we would like this in the Syrian express :)

[Chaldon48]

They will never build them with us; there are not enough forces and means for the corvette.

[Dimonk]

And there are forces, and means. There is no desire, and there are many thieves and embezzlers

[kapitan92]

. Total displacement - 78 tons

ship construction will begin in 2020, delivery to the customer is scheduled for 2023.

Yeah! My opponent in the dispute over the timing of the construction of an interregional missile with a displacement of 978tn (5 years), argued that this is very good !!!
Serious tonnage, serious deadlines! I will not hide, envy is present!

[yehat]

the most annoying thing is that this is not just a barn ship, but a vessel fully equipped inside
and its Americans are building 2 times faster than we corvette.

[tihonmarine]

Quote: kapitan92

Yeah! My opponent in the dispute over the timing of the construction of an interregional missile with a displacement of 978tn (5 years), argued that this is very good !!!

I remember those comments. I also said unfinished, mined, but you won’t run away from the fact. Shipyards of course are cool, they build competently and quickly. But a shipyard of this scale is an overly expensive thing.

[Kerensky]

Then they could have done atomic. And then the expense of him, I think, is not childish. You don’t particularly resemble teachings.

[tihonmarine]

Quote: Kerensky

Then they could have done atomic.

There are more problems.

[Archivist Vasya]

Why? There is more than enough space for the reactor.

[tihonmarine]

[quote = Archivist Vasya] Why? There is more than enough room for a reactor there. [/ Quot
Not everywhere you can find and call at ports with a working nuclear power plant. And it’s easier to operate a diesel engine. And you can have fuel everywhere, and the consumption is not so great (the commercial fleet considers a penny, and the navy receives from the dad the tsar). I worked all my life on diesels, so of course I am their adherent.

[yehat]

Quote: voyaka uh

Uhh ... Somali pirates boarded only those who immediately surrendered and did not start firing. They take on show-offs with their machine gun on the turrets and bursts of Kalash into the air.

I think it’s not difficult to arm small cannons with bulletproof shields of the vessel
if they manage to get close, the ship is doomed and there is not much risk.

[Thunderbolt]

Quote: yehat

if they manage to get close, the ship is doomed and there is not much risk.

Such bases do not go alone.
And I wonder who else will be doomed if a battalion of marines fall out of the cubes at a meeting with the unfortunate pirates))).

[Greenwood]

Quote: yehat

the ship is doomed and there is not much risk

Fleet supply base, with a bunch of weapons on board and professional military. Do you really think that some brainless pirates will be able to do something for them ?!

[yehat]

you know, the English galleons robbed - there were also not college girls in the crews

[Alexey RA]

Quote: yehat

you know, the English galleons robbed - there were also not college girls in the crews

The problem is that an ESB in the Somalia region is likely to have a resting change of marines from the anti-piracy forces on board.
Well, it's just some kind of holiday - you don’t have to go anywhere, they themselves have come to us.

[tihonmarine]

Quote: yehat

it will not be difficult to arm small cannons with bulletproof shields of the vessel

Will not work. Commercial vessels, not ships. Arm and move to the "non-combatant" class. You even take PMCs outside of the Tervod and follow them to the Tervod (you can't go to the port). The Indian epic with PMCs must have been heard.

[yehat]

Quote: Kerensky

Then they could have done atomic. And then the expense of him, I think, is not childish. You don’t particularly resemble teachings.

he does not need to swim much or quickly. nodes 9-11 if it gives, water resistance will be moderate
and expense too. The Deutschlands swam far, but they were not small.

[E.S.]

Quote: yehat

the most annoying thing is that this is not just a barn ship, but a vessel fully equipped inside
and its Americans are building 2 times faster than we corvette.

Nobody is building anything like this, 2020 is only after the New Year. Let them start, finish, and then see what happened on the dates

[Victor March 47]

The big ship is a big shipwreck.

[Victor March 47]

Quote: yehat

Quote: Kerensky

Then they could have done atomic. And then the expense of him, I think, is not childish. You don’t particularly resemble teachings.

he does not need to swim much or quickly. nodes 9-11 if it gives, water resistance will be moderate
and expense too. The Deutschlands swam far, but they were not small.

In a squadron, all components must be able to walk at the same speed. Him- what, special protection and escort should be allocated? Or the rest to reduce the course to these 9 catch? Stratech, mother of the child ....

[tihonmarine]

Quote: Victor March 47

In a squadron, all components must be able to walk at the same speed

No fools sit sorted out.

[yehat]

Quote: Thunderbolt

the battalion of marines will fall out))).

I was not talking about guns for nothing
Yes, even the infantry division, they will be powerless.

[Brylevsky]

In a squadron, all components must be able to walk at the same speed.

Warships - yes. Support vessels - no. No support vessel goes faster than 18-20 knots, and even 15 knots for many of them is the limit ... what we have, what they have. The reason is trivial and underlies the theory of the ship's structure. A larger displacement vessel requires a larger main engine than a smaller tonnage vessel to achieve the same speed. The powerful motor carries more weight; consumes more fuel that needs to be stored on board ... and which takes away useful cargo capacity. A combat ship does not need cargo capacity, so their hulls in the profile resemble a "dagger", such a profile contributes to good propulsion. It's different with a cargo ship. There the main thing is deadweight and the lowest fuel consumption per mile. As someone rightly pointed out above, ships like this will not sail alone during a war. And the marching order will have to drag not even with the maximum speed for this vessel, but with the economic speed for this vessel. I think that 11-13 knots for this "hippopotamus" will be just that ... I had to work on container ships with a displacement of about 100 tons, at a speed of 000 knots we had a fuel oil consumption of 23 tons per day ... but judging by the shape of the stem this is unlikely to go faster than 150 knots.

[Vadmir]

this one is unlikely to go faster than 18 knots

It is 18 knots - the cruising speed of most American warships, so that he no longer needs.
But our ships have a cruising speed of 14 knots, which in itself is worse than the United States, also go accompanied by tugboats with their speeds.

[Legionista]

“Ships of this type are designed to provide combat operations of the US Armed Forces in low-intensity conflicts, and are an actual military base with all the necessary infrastructure - ammunition depots, fuel and lubricants, and other resources, premises for a relatively comfortable deployment of the military contingent.” No one will shoot rockets at them. No one. But for a comfortable and safe accommodation l / s a ​​very suitable ship.

[CommanderDIVA]

A good thoughtful ship to ensure expeditionary actions of American troops is interesting for the Chinese have an analogue or something like that

[Kerensky]

Quote: tihonmarine

Quote: Kerensky

Then they could have done atomic.

There are more problems.

Not at all. And to direct excess energy to self-defense. Yes, and external electric motors are easier to change, the volumes will be released again ...

[Cyrus]

Getting ready ...

[Archivist Vasya]

Powerful and cheerful, though expensive, but they can spend such money on similar floating cities. In general, we do not need such ships if you think about it. Although 1-2 pieces for show-offs, if only, it's like with battleships and dreadnoughts.

[unBEARable]

For General Dynamics, the contract for the construction of expeditionary naval bases is not the first. Previously, she transferred four ships of this type to the US Navy and is already completing the fifth.

The first two marine expeditionary bases became part of the auxiliary fleet, but later became part of the combat fleet.

Not certainly in that way. The first two ships were of a different type - the T-ESD, i.e. the Expeditionary Transfer Dock, previously designated as the T-MLP - Mobile Landing Platform. They remained part of the auxiliary fleet - Shipping Command. These are USNS Montford Point (T-ESD-1) and USNS John Glenn (T-ESD-2).
But the USS Lewis B. Puller (ESB-3) and the following numbers are already Expeditionary Mobile Base.