SAN DIEGO (Mar. 27, 2023) Culinary Specialist Seaman Guadalupe Esquivel, assigned to amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2), installs a protective layer into the ship’s hull aboard Essex, Mar. 27, 2023. Essex is dry docked in San Diego conducting a maintenance period to upgrade and refurbish many key systems aboard.

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Keywords: amphibious, essex, lhd, lhd2, navy