LHD-3 USS Kearsarge
Highlights of Ship's Service History
![[USS Kearsarge photo]](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/83/USS_Kearsarge_LHD-3.jpg "USS Kearsarge (LHD-3)")
20 Nov 1987
![[ quill pen icon ]](http://i572.photobucket.com/albums/ss162/RustyBill/website/icon/authorize.gif "Authorised")
Contract awarded to Ingalls Shipbuilding, Mississippi
6 Feb 1990
![[ keel laid icon ]](http://i572.photobucket.com/albums/ss162/RustyBill/website/icon/keel.gif "Keel laid")
Keel laid
26 Mar 1992
![[ champagne bottle icon ]](http://i572.photobucket.com/albums/ss162/RustyBill/website/icon/launch.gif "Launched")
Launched
16 Oct 1993
![[ 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/Atlantic Fleet, homeported in Norfolk, VA.
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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![[ World Wide Web icon ]](http://i572.photobucket.com/albums/ss162/RustyBill/website/icon/web.gif "WWW article"){kind=icon}
Haze Gray & Underway
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