SAN DIEGO, June 16 (UPI) -- The U.S. Navy's third Mobile Landing Platform, the USNS Lewis B. Puller, has been delivered to the service in California by General Dynamics NASSCO.
The USNS Lewis B. Puller (MLP 3 AFSB), named after a highly decorated Marine Corps general, is in an Afloat Forward Staging Base configuration. It features a 52,000 square-foot flight deck, fuel and equipment storage, repair spaces, magazines, mission planning spaces and accommodations for up to 250 personnel.