Navy’s Distributed Maritime Operations Strategy Fortified with New, Next-Gen “Sea Base” Ship

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By Kris Osborn – President & Editor-In-Chief, Warrior Maven

The US Navy and Marine Corps are building a new fleet of “Sea Basing” ships capable of transporting Marines, launching Special Operations attacks, controlling drones, supporting air operations and performing wide-spanning command and control functions across dispersed areas of maritime operations.

The service has now laid the keel for the future USS John Canley, the Navy’s fourth Expeditionary Sea Base ship, built by General Dynamics National Steel and Shipbuilding Company (GD-NASSCO).

Sea Basing continues to take on greater significance for the Navy due to a number of interesting, interwoven variables. Of course the maritime combat focus itself continues to take on new urgency in the Pacific given the vast geographical expanse and ongoing Chinese provocations and Naval modernization efforts. 

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