USS Essex LHD-2 |
Type: |
Amphibious Assault (Multi-Purpose) |
Class: |
Wasp (Class Overview) |
Builder: |
Litton-Ingalls Shipbuilding Corp. Pascagoula, Mississippi |
Hull Number: |
LHD-2 |
Ordered: |
September 10, 1986 |
Commissioned: |
October 17, 1992 |
Keel Laid: |
March 20, 1989 |
Decommissioned: |
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Launched: |
February 23, 1991 |
Stricken: |
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Fate: |
Active Pacific Fleet Forward deployed at Sasebo, Japan. |
Page created June 9, 2007 |