US Navy sea base ship tests LCS mine warfare package
US Navy’s Expeditionary Sea Base (ESB) ship USNS Hershel “Woody†Williams (T-ESB 4) spent three days in the Chesapeake Bay testing an anti-mine system developed for the littoral combat ships.
T-ESB 4 used the littoral combat ship mine countermeasure (MCM) mission package portable control station to maneuver the MCM equipment and the launch and recovery equipment, as well as to test the command and control of unmanned vehicles.
The demonstration proved ESB class ships’ ability to serve as an MCM-capable platform to embark 12 twenty-foot equivalent units, vehicles, and the support equipment required to operate, launch, and recover one full MCM mission package, including the buried mine hunting and unmanned sweeping mission modules, with flexible ship modifications.
https://navaltoday.com/2019/09/23/us-navy-sea-base-ship-tests-lcs-mine-warfare-package/
