SAN DIEGO (Jan. 23, 2023) Capt. Aaron Taylor, (left), commanding officer of amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2), shakes hands with Culinary Specialist Seaman Apprentice Terrell Payton, assigned to Essex, during a supply space walkthrough aboard the ship, Feb. 7, 2023. The Navy takes a methodical approach to preservation, synchronizing efforts with other maintenance requirements to ensure ships are ready and fully mission capable. Essex is dry docked in San Diego conducting a maintenance period to upgrade and refurbish many key systems aboard.

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