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    USS Essex (LHD-2) is a Wasp-class Landing Helicopter Dock (LHD) in service with the United States Navy. The amphibious assault ship was built at what is...
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  • decommissioned in 1969 USS Essex (LHD-2) is a Wasp-class amphibious assault ship commissioned in 1992 and currently in active service Essex (1799 whaleship)...
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    Forest (LSD-4/MCS-7) USS Darter (SS-576) (1979–1989) USS Barbel (SS-580) (1985–1989) USS Surfbird (ADG-383) USS Essex (LHD-2) (2000–2012) USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD-6) (2012–2018)...
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    Operation Enduring Freedom Essex Expeditionary Strike Group – USS Essex (LHD-2) Kearsarge Expeditionary Strike Group – USS Kearsarge (LHD-3) Boxer Expeditionary...
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    16 May 2012, Yukon collided with the amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD-2) after Essex suffered an apparent steering malfunction upon approach for...
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    Mate. He worked as an aviation firefighter on the flight deck of the USS Essex, working in crash and salvage for four years, reaching the rank of Petty...
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  • USS Wasp (LHD-1) USS Essex (LHD-2) USS Kearsarge (LHD-3) USS Boxer (LHD-4) USS Bataan (LHD-5) USS Iwo Jima (LHD-7) USS Makin Island (LHD-8) USS America...
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    area. Among those ships was the amphibious assault ship USS Fort Mchenry (LSD43), USS Essex (LHD-2) which relieved the Bonhomme Richard, and assumed the...
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    USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD-6) was a Wasp-class amphibious assault ship of the United States Navy commissioned on 15 August 1998. Like the previous five...
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    December 2021. "USS ESSEX (LHD-2)". lafleetweek.com. 22 May 2022. Retrieved 31 May 2022. "Artemis I Update: Orion Secured Inside USS Portland Ahead of...
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    were moved by U.S. LCUs from USS Essex (LHD-2), notably to Oshima Island. The destroyers USS McCampbell (DDG-85) and USS Curtis Wilbur (DDG-54) were off...
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  • served in the Korean War and Vietnam War then scrapped in 1974. USS Kearsarge (LHD-3) is a Wasp-class amphibious assault ship commissioned in 1993 and...
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    (PG-847), BRP Dagupan City (LC-551), BRP Artemio Ricarte (PS-37), USS Essex (LHD-2), and USS Tortuga (LSD-46) were part of the naval component of the US-RP...
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    The Wasp-class is a class of landing helicopter dock (LHD) amphibious assault ships operated by the United States Navy. Based on the Tarawa class, with...
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    USS Essex (LHD-2) USS Wasp (LHD-1) USS America (LHA-6) HMS Queen Elizabeth (R08) USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70) Italian aircraft carrier Cavour (550) USS Makin...
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  • USS Iwo Jima (LPH-2) was the lead ship of the Iwo Jima-class amphibious assault ships, she served from 1961 to 1993. Scrapped 1995. USS Iwo Jima (LHD-7)...
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    USS Wasp (LHD-1) USS Essex (LHD-2) USS Kearsarge (LHD-3) USS Boxer (LHD-4) USS Bataan (LHD-5) USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD-6) USS Iwo Jima (LHD-7) USS Makin...
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  • the first time with Japanese GSDF soldiers in Oyama, Shizuoka prefecture on 2 October 2018. The purpose was to improve their strategic partnership and security...
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    Reserve Fleet ships (USS, USNS) – 22 Cruiser – 9 (of 18) Dock landing ship – 2 (of 12) Dry dock – 1 Instrumentation ship – 1 (of 2) Littoral combat ship...
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    USS Essex (LHD-2) USS Boxer (LHD-4) USS Makin Island (LHD-8) USS Tripoli (LHA-7) USS Green Bay (LPD-20) USS San Diego (LPD-22) USS Anchorage (LPD-23) USS Somerset (LPD-25)...
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    USS America (LHA-6) USS Tripoli (LHA-7) 11 planned, 2 in service, 2 under construction Wasp USS Wasp (LHD-1) USS Essex (LHD-2) USS Kearsarge (LHD-3) USS Boxer (LHD-4)...
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    2011, the day of the 9.0 earthquake and tsunami. The largest ship, USS Essex (LHD-2), with most of the Marines and Sailors of the 31st MEU aboard, had...
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  • (LSD-45) USS Harpers Ferry (LSD-49) USS Pearl Harbor (LSD-52) USS Rushmore (LSD-47) USS San Diego (LPD-22) USS Tripoli (LHA-7) USS Boxer (LHD-4) USS Essex (LHD-2)...
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    offshore. USS Belleau Wood (LHA-3), an amphibious assault ship, SPMAGTF 1-95 Command Platform USS Essex (LHD-2), an amphibious assault ship, 13th MEU USS Ogden...
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    handle while hauling in fishing nets. The fisherman was transferred to USS Essex (LHD-2). In May 2005, Typhoon participated in the rescue of 89 people from...
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    (PG-847), BRP Dagupan City (LC-551), BRP Rajah Humabon (PF-11), USS Essex (LHD-2), and USS Tortuga (LSD-46) were part of the naval component of the US-RP...
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    amphibious assault ship (LHD) (843 ft, 40,500 tons) USS Wasp USS Essex USS Kearsarge USS Boxer USS Bataan USS Iwo Jima USS Makin Island America-class...
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  • Jima (LHD-7), or legacy names of earlier carriers from World War II, such as USS Essex (LHD-2). Amphibious command ships (LCC) are named for geographical areas within...
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    USS Wasp (LHD-1) [A] USS Essex (LHD-2) [A] USS Kearsarge (LHD-3) [A] USS Boxer (LHD-4) [A] USS Bataan (LHD-5) [A] USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD-6), scrapped after...
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    Philippines. 2011 – Operation TOMODACHI: USS Essex (LHD-2), USS Tortuga (LSD-46), USS Harpers Ferry (LSD-49) and USS Germantown (LSD-42) were positioned off...
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