20 April 2022 USS Hershel “Woody” Williams Completes Gulf of Guinea Maritime Security Patrol NAVAL STATION ROTA, Spain - The Expeditionary Sea Base USS Hershel “Woody” Williams (ESB 4) arrived at Naval Station Rota, Spain, following a successful maritime security patrol in the Gulf of Guinea, April 18, 2022...
22 October 2021 U.S. Sixth Fleet Participates in Italy’s Mare Aperto Exercise TYRRHENIAN SEA - The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Porter (DDG 78), U.S. Navy P-8A Poseidon aircraft from Commander, Task Force 67, and the Henry J. Kaiser-class fleet replenishment oiler USNS Kanawha (T-AO 196) recently participated in the Italian-led multilateral maritime...
24 August 2021 Hershel “Woody” Williams Joins Brazilian Navy for Inaugural Operation Guinex GULF OF GUINEA - The Expeditionary Sea Base USS Hershel “Woody” Williams (ESB 4) participated in the first iteration of the Brazilian-led, Gulf of Guinea exercise called Operation Guinex with the Brazilian Frigate Independencia, Aug. 23, 2021...
13 July 2021 USS Hershel “Woody” Williams Swaps Crew The forward-deployed Expeditionary Sea Base USS Hershel “Woody” Williams (ESB 4) swapped crews at Naval Station Rota after completing the ship’s second deployment through the U.S. Sixth Fleet area of operations, July 9, 2021...
14 June 2021 U.S. Naval Forces Africa ships participate in Exercise African Lion MEDITERRANEAN SEA - U.S. Sixth Fleet ships, Expeditionary Sea Base USS Hershel “Woody” Williams (ESB 4), Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Ross (DDG 71), and expeditionary fast transport USNS Trenton (T-EPF-5) are participating in U.S. Africa Command’s (AFRICOM)...
03 June 2021 USS Mount Whitney Visits Oslo, Norway OSLO, Norway - The Blue Ridge-class command and control ship USS Mount Whitney (LCC 20) made a scheduled logistics stop to Oslo, Norway, June 1, 2021...
27 May 2021 USS Hershel “Woody” Williams Participates in Exercise Phoenix Express 2021 MEDITERRANEAN SEA - The Expeditionary Sea Base USS Hershel “Woody” Williams (ESB 4) participates in the 16th iteration of exercise Phoenix Express 2021 (PE21) off the coast of Tunis, Tunisia, with Allied and partner nations during the at-sea portion of the multinational maritime exercise...
17 May 2021 Military Sealift Command in Europe Enables DEFENDER-Europe 21 With the beginning of exercise DEFENDER-Europe 21, the United States and 26 partner nations demonstrated their mobilization and logistics capabilities through sealift during the last week of April and first week of May 2021...
15 March 2021 USS Hershel “Woody” Williams conducts Interoperability training with Italian Navy ATLANTIC OCEAN - The Expeditionary Sea Base USS Hershel “Woody” Williams (ESB 4) was joined by the Italian Navy’s Carlo Bergamini-class frigate Luigi Rizzo (F 595) off the western coast of Africa March 11, 2021...
24 February 2021 USNS Carson City Arrives in Port Sudan The Military Sealift Command (MSC) expeditionary fast transport ship USNS Carson City (EPF 7) arrived in Port Sudan, Sudan for a port visit, Feb. 24, 2021...
01 November 2020 USS Hershel 'Woody' Williams Arrives in Astakos, Greece The Expeditionary Sea Base USS Hershel “Woody” Williams (ESB 4) arrived in Astakos, Greece, Nov. 1 following a 43-day underway period supporting U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM)...
24 October 2020 USNS Laramie Joins USS Ross in the Barents Sea The Henry J. Kaiser-class underway replenishment oiler USNS Laramie (T-AO-203) rendezvoused with Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Ross (DDG 71) in the Barents Sea, Oct. 22...
16 October 2020 USS Mount Whitney Completes COMREL with Coronata Campus in Genoa, Italy Sailors from the U.S. 6th Fleet flagship, USS Mount Whitney (LCC 20), visited Coronata Campus on Tuesday, October 6th to help with the institution’s fall cleanup...