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USS Essex (LHD-2) is a Wasp-class Landing Helicopter Dock (LHD) in service with the United States Navy. ... Essex ' s maiden deployment was in October 1994.
USS Essex (CV/CVA/CVS-9) was an aircraft carrier and the lead ship of the 24-ship Essex class built for the United States Navy during World War II. She was the fourth US Navy ship to bear the name. She was the fourth US Navy ship to bear the name.
USS Essex ESG (ESG-FDNF early 2003). The USS Essex (LHD-2) is the second ship in the all new Wasp class of multipurpose amphibious assault ships and was commissioned on 17 October 1992 in San Diego, California. The mission of the Essex is to conduct prompt, sustained combat operations at sea, as the centerpiece of the Navy's amphibious strategy ...
Description: Two U.S. Navy McDonnell F2H-3 Banshees of Fighter Squadron 114 (VF-114) "Executioners" are about to be launched from the aircraft carrier USS Essex (CVA-9). VF-114 was assigned to Carrier Air Group 11 (CVG-11) aboard the Essex for a deployment to the Western Pacific from 16 July 1956 to 26 January 1957.
Among those ships was the amphibious assault ship USS Fort Mchenry (LSD43), USS Essex (LHD-2) which relieved the Bonhomme Richard, and assumed the duties as the primary rotary wing platform for the operation. USS Essex (LHD-2) also brought helicopter detachments. The last ship, USS Mercy, departed the region in April 2005.
File: USS Essex (CVA-9) underway in heavy seas, 12 January 1960 (NH 98517).jpg
In September 2018 VMFA-211 deployed aboard USS Essex as part of the Essex Amphibious Ready Group deployed to the United States Central Command area of operations. [13] On 27 September 2018 an F-35B from Essex carried out an air strike using a precision-guided bomb against a Taliban position in Afghanistan, marking the first US combat use of the ...
VF-9 F4F-4 lands on USS Ranger in October 1942 VF-9 F6F-3s prepare to launch from USS Essex in 1944 VF-9 squadron-members and scoreboard in 1944. VF-9 established at NAS Norfolk on 1 March 1942 as part of the new Carrier Air Group 9 (CVG-9) which was to be deployed aboard the new carrier USS Essex. [2]