The Navy later this summer plans to experiment with expeditionary sea bases as vessels of opportunity for the Littoral Combat Ship mine countermeasures mission package, according to a service official. Capt. Scot Searles, the Navy program manager overseeing ESBs, told attendees today at an American Society of Naval Engineers event the service is doing gap analyses to consider if ESBs or expeditionary fast transports could host MCM capabilities. That analysis includes examining if the ships could satisfy the mission package's...
