USS Essex (LHD-2)

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Arleigh_Burke-class_destroyer
Royal Navy ship
gptkbp:aircraftCarried gptkb:MH-60S_Seahawk
gptkb:AH-1Z_Viper
gptkb:CH-53E_Super_Stallion
gptkb:MV-22_Osprey
gptkb:UH-1Y_Venom
gptkb:AV-8B_Harrier_II
gptkbp:armament gptkb:Phalanx_CIWS
gptkb:RIM-7_Sea_Sparrow
gptkb:RIM-116_Rolling_Airframe_Missile
.50 cal machine guns
25 mm Mk 38 chain guns
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Meritorious_Unit_Commendation
gptkb:Battle_Efficiency_Award
gptkb:Humanitarian_Service_Medal
gptkb:Navy_Unit_Commendation
gptkbp:beam 106 ft (32 m)
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Ingalls_Shipbuilding
gptkbp:callsign NEXS
gptkbp:commissioned 17 October 1992
gptkbp:crew 1,208 (ship's company)
gptkbp:deployment gptkb:Indian_Ocean
gptkb:Persian_Gulf
gptkb:Western_Pacific
gptkbp:displacement 40,500 tons (full load)
gptkbp:draught 27 ft (8.1 m)
gptkbp:embarkedMarines 1,894
gptkbp:homeport gptkb:Naval_Base_San_Diego
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USS Essex (LHD-2)
gptkbp:hullNumber LHD-2
gptkbp:laidDown 30 July 1989
gptkbp:launched 23 February 1991
gptkbp:length 844 ft (257 m)
gptkbp:mission disaster relief
humanitarian assistance
expeditionary warfare
amphibious assault
gptkbp:name gptkb:USS_Essex
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Essex_County,_Massachusetts
Battle of Essex
gptkbp:operator gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Amphibious_Ready_Group
United States Fleet Forces Command
gptkbp:propulsion 2 steam turbines, 2 shafts
gptkbp:speed 22 knots
gptkbp:status active service
gptkbp:website https://www.surfpac.navy.mil/lhd2/
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Arleigh_Burke-class_destroyer
gptkb:List_of_United_States_Navy_ships
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5