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Welcome to the official website of Lewis B. Puller-class expeditionary sea base USS Hershel “Woody” Williams (ESB 4)! The ship, forward deployed to Souda Bay, Greece, is the first U.S. Navy ship assigned to the U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) area of operations to conduct missions in the Mediterranean and the waters around East, South, and West Africa to include the Gulf of Guinea, operating with regional partners. Its crew consist of a mix of U.S. Navy Sailors and Military Sealift Command civilian mariners.