Tanker-Like Warship Used As Floating US Navy SEAL Base

• USS Lewis B. Puller is an expeditionary sea base stationed within the Arabian Sea.
• Houthi rebels in Yemen claimed they hit the Puller on January 29, however US officers denied it.
• Final month, two Navy SEALs died throughout a boarding operation that originated from the Puller.

USS Lewis B. Puller is an expeditionary sea base designed to help all kinds of navy operations, together with these involving Navy SEALs.

The floating base is deployed to the Arabian Sea in response to ongoing assaults on industrial delivery vessels within the Purple Sea by Houthi rebels, an Iranian-backed militant group in Yemen.

The 760-foot-long ESB has a novel silhouette, with an open-sided hangar house beneath the ship’s sprawling flight deck that makes it resemble a floating car parking zone. It was the launch pad for a Navy SEAL mission in January that seized missile components sure for the Houthi rebels.