{"id":158639,"date":"2024-04-25T20:09:00","date_gmt":"2024-04-25T20:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=158639"},"modified":"2024-04-26T13:20:29","modified_gmt":"2024-04-26T13:20:29","slug":"keel-authenticated-for-future-usns-hector-a-cafferata-jr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=158639","title":{"rendered":"Keel Authenticated for Future USNS Hector A. Cafferata Jr."},"content":{"rendered":"<div><\/div>\n<p>SAN DIEGO &#8211; The keel for the future USNS Hector A. Cafferata Jr. (ESB 8), a Lewis B. Puller-class Expeditionary Sea Base, was laid at GD NASSCO shipyard April 25.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The ship will be named for U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Private Hector A. Cafferata Jr., who served with distinction during the Korean War. Surviving the Battle of Chosin Reservoir among those who would be called, \u201cthe Chosin Few,\u201d Cafferata received the Medal of Honor from President Harry S. Truman for his life-saving heroism during that battle.<\/p>\n<p>The contemporary keel laying ceremony represents the joining together of a ship\u2019s modular components at the land level. As part of the ceremony, the keel is authenticated when the sponsors etch their initials into a ceremonial keel plate. The namesake\u2019s daughter, Heather Cafferata, and granddaughter, Jessica Cafferata, attended the keel laying ceremony as the ship sponsors. The ceremony represents the connection between a ship and its sponsors, throughout the ship\u2019s life.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are honored that the late Hector A. Cafferata\u2019s Jr.\u2019s legacy will live on through this ship, and the keel laying is a first step of many milestones to come for this ship,\u201d said Tim Roberts, Strategic and Theater Sealift program manager, Program Executive Office Ships. \u201cESBs provide a critical capability to the fleet and provide increased flexibility to our Sailors and Marines.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Expeditionary Sea Base ships are highly flexible platforms used across a broad range of military operations, supporting multiple operational phases. Acting as a mobile sea base, they are a part of the critical access infrastructure that supports deploying forces and supplies to provide prepositioned equipment and sustainment with adaptable distribution capability.<\/p>\n<p>These ships support Aviation Mine Countermeasure and Special Operations Force missions. In addition to the flight deck, the ESB features four aviation operating spots and a hangar capable of supporting MH-53E-equivalent helicopters; accommodations, workspaces, and ordnance storage for embarked forces; and enhanced command, control, communications, computers, and intelligence (C4I). These ships support embarked force mission planning and execution and have a reconfigurable mission deck area to store embarked force equipment, including mine sleds and Rigid Hull Inflatable Boats (RHIBs).<\/p>\n<p>GD NASSCO is also currently constructing the future USNS Robert E. Simanek (ESB 7) and John Lewis-class Fleet Replenishment Oilers Robert F. Kennedy (T-AO 208), Lucy Stone (T-AO 209), Sojourner Truth (T-AO 210) and Thurgood Marshall (T-AO 211).<\/p>\n<p>As one of the Defense Department&#8217;s largest acquisition organizations, PEO Ships is responsible for executing the development and procurement of all destroyers, amphibious ships and craft, auxiliary ships, special mission ships, sealift ships and support ships.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SAN DIEGO &#8211; The keel for the future USNS Hector A. Cafferata Jr. (ESB 8), a Lewis B. Puller-class Expeditionary Sea Base, was laid at GD NASSCO shipyard April 25.\u00a0 The ship will be named for U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Private Hector A. Cafferata Jr., who served with distinction during the Korean War. 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