Exclusive: U.S. Navy Vessel USS Miguel Keith Overhaul Marks First Contract with Japanese Shipyard.

The U.S. Navy’s Lewis B. Puller-class expeditionary mobile base, USS Miguel Keith (ESB-5), has successfully concluded a significant five-month Regular Overhaul (ROH) at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) in Yokohama, Japan. Completed on April 15, 2025, this $12 million overhaul is a historic milestone: it is the first full-scale U.S. Navy maintenance contract ever awarded to a Japanese shipyard, reflecting a deepening defense-industrial partnership between the United States and Japan and signaling a new chapter in Indo-Pacific maritime logistics. Read full Naval News at this link ...

USS Miguel Keith (ESB-5), a U.S. Navy Lewis B. Puller-class expeditionary mobile base, completed a five-month Regular Overhaul (ROH) at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries in Yokohama, Japan, on April 15, 2025. (Picture source: U.S. DoD)

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