U.S. Army logistics support vessel General Frank S. Besson departs Joint Base Langley-Eustis on Saturday with equipment, materiel and rapid deployment forces to get construction of a temporary ...

Two U.S. Army General Frank S. Besson-Class Logistics Support Vessels and their crews arrived at Third Port at JBLE, marking a 22-year milestone.

What Happened: General Frank S. Besson, a logistical-support vessel, departed from Joint Base Langley-Eustis in Virginia on Saturday, reported The Wall Street Journal.

According to CENTCOM, U.S. Army Vessel General Frank S. Besson departed Joint Base Langley-Eustis en route to the Eastern Mediterranean on March 9 ...

US Central Command (CENTCOM) announced on Saturday night that US Army Vessel (USAV) General Frank S. Besson (LSV-1) has departed Joint Base Langley-Eustis en route to the Eastern Mediterranean.

The ship is a Logistics Support Vessel that is able to complete a number of mission types, from delivering humanitarian aid to island countries like Haiti, to service in the Middle East, such as Iraq.

Tours of the General Frank S. Besson, Jr. will be conducted at Penn's Landing Dec. 10, from noon to 4 p.m. and Dec. 11 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The tours are free and open to the public.

One of the more thankless contributors to America's "National Fleet" is the U.S. Army's Logistic Support Vessel (LSV). The 8 General Frank S. Besson Class LSVs are next-generation LSTs--an ...

The crew of the Logistics Support Vessels (LSV), the General Frank S. Besson, prepare to dock at the temporary pier set up at Fort Story, Virginia, on Thursday, August 14, 2014.