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SAN DIEGO (AP) — The Navy relieved the commanding officer of the USS Essex of his position, saying Tuesday that officials lost confidence in his abilities after his ship collided with a tanker at sea.

The USS Essex, an amphibious assault ship that had once fought Japanese forces in the Pacific, is now part of a relief operation providing supplies and logistical support to Japan. The effort is ...

SAN DIEGO -- Ships of the Essex Amphibious Ready Group docked at Navy Base San Diego Tuesday morning following a seven-month deployment. The amphibious assault ship USS Essex, amphibious transport ...

A Navy flattop just arrived in Hawaii with an unusual cargo: a fleet of World War II-era warbirds. The Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Essex arrived in Hawaii’s Pearl Harbor — site of the ...

The USS Essex, a Wasp-class landing helicopter Dock (LHD) ship used by the U.S. Navy, previously received a giant 3D printer. The amphibious assault ship USS Essex returns to sea February 17, 2006 ...

The Pentagon on Monday accused Iran of "unsafe and unprofessional" conduct by a naval helicopter that it said flew within about 25 yards of a U.S. Navy ship and circled it three times in the Gulf of ...

Sailors render honors to the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD-2) from the flight deck of the Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS Freedom (LCS-1) on April 12, 2021. US Navy Photo ...

The U.S. Navy has long valued the potential of additive manufacturing (AM) and 3D Printing.AM refers to the depositing of material layer by layer to create an object. For the Navy, it’s not practical ...

BAE Systems has won a potential $148.2 million contract from the U.S. Navy to maintain, repair and modernize USS Essex for the amphibious assault ship’s fiscal 2022 docking selected restricted ...

From a distance, the U.S. Navy’s Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Essex might have been mistaken for a World War II aircraft carrier as it sailed into Hawaii this week with vintage aircraft on ...