Huge Navy Ship Named After Huge Marine Legend

New Navy ship honors Marine legend
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By Heather Hope
Aug 12, 2015

It'll take 60-days to get to Virginia, but the ship has to go through Mexico, then Chile and Brazil because its too big to fit through the Panama Canal.

SAN DIEGO (CBS 8) - The USNS Lewis B. Puller is the first mobile landing platform or MLP that has a forward staging base variant. It's unique in nature in that both civilian crews and the Navy will be on board.

Stretching 785 feet long and 164 feet wide, the USNS Lewis B Puller is a sight that can't be missed.

"It's an honor to be made after probably the most famous general in Marine Corp History," said, Capt. Brain Mershon, Lewis B. Puller.

It is named after Chesty Puller, the only Marine to receive the Navy Cross Five times.

This ship lives up to its title.

"The mission of this ship is anti mine warfare and so it's considered a first in class," said Capt. Mershon.

Going up each flight off stairs, an inside look at this MLP is amazing.

Its flight deck is designed to carry some of the largest helicopters in the Navy.
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