USS Essex Military Ship Tracker
Military Ship Details & Statistics
Homeport: San Diego, California
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In Service: Hull Number: Category: Complement: Gross Tons: |
1993 | 32 years LHD-2 Assault Ship 1,208 40,500 GT |
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Length: Beam: Draft: Speed: |
844.0 ft
106.0 ft 27.0 ft 22.0 knots 25.3 mph |
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USS Essex (LHD-2) is a Wasp Class Amphibious Assault Ship currently operated by United States Navy. USS Essex was built by Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, Mississippi. The ship has been in active service for 32 years. View USS Essex's real-time location, route, speed, course history, itinerary updates, port destinations, estimated arrival times, and more in the amphibious assault ship tracker map below. All ship position data is sourced directly from the global AIS tracking system, delivering the latest tracking information available. Each new ship report received automatically updates the displayed data.
Sister Ships (Wasp Class)
| Ship Name(s) | Line Name |
|---|---|
| USS Bataan, USS Bonhomme Richard (decommissioned), USS Boxer, USS Iwo Jima, USS Kearsarge, USS Makin Island, USS Wasp | United States Navy |
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