
The new expeditionary sea base USNS Hershel ‘Woody’ Williams (T-ESB-4) successfully finished the first combined builder’s and acceptance trials off the coast of San Diego on Jan. 19, the Navy said Tuesday.These combined trials were called the first Integrated Trials for an ESB and had the ship sail from its builder’s shipyard, General Dynamics National Steel and Shipbuilding Co. (NASSCO) [GD].The Navy said these combined trails allowed the shipyard to demonstrate the ship’s operational capability and mission readiness of all…