LHD-2 USS Essex
Highlights of Ship's Service History
![[USS Essex photo]](http://www.navsource.org/archives/10/08/10080208.jpg "USS Essex (LHD-2)")
The Essex Amphibious Readiness Group (ARG) steaming in formation in the South Pacific, 11 March 2002. USS Essex (LHD-2) is followed by USS Juneau (LPD-10), USS Germantown (LSD-42) and USS Fort McHenry (LSD-43).
US Navy photo # 1-020311-N-9802B-003
Photo source: NavSource
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10 Sep 1986
![[ quill pen icon ]](http://i572.photobucket.com/albums/ss162/RustyBill/website/icon/authorize.gif "Authorised")
Contract awarded to Ingalls Shipbuilding, Mississippi
20 Mar 1989
![[ keel laid icon ]](http://i572.photobucket.com/albums/ss162/RustyBill/website/icon/keel.gif "Keel laid")
Keel laid
23 Feb 1991
![[ champagne bottle icon ]](http://i572.photobucket.com/albums/ss162/RustyBill/website/icon/launch.gif "Launched")
Launched
17 Oct 1992
![[ bunting icon ]](http://i572.photobucket.com/albums/ss162/RustyBill/website/icon/commission.gif "Commissioned")
Commissioned
2009
![[ Flag of United States ]](http://i572.photobucket.com/albums/ss162/RustyBill/website/flags/us-tn.gif "United States")
In service, assigned to Battle Force/Pacific Fleet, homeported in Sasebo, Japan
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Ship's Official Website
United States Naval Vessel Register
Wikipedia![[ Wikipedia icon ]](http://i572.photobucket.com/albums/ss162/RustyBill/website/icon/wiki.gif "Wikipedia article"){kind=icon}
NavSource: Photographic History of the U.S. Navy
Haze Gray & Underway
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