She was built in 1942 and was a key player in many victorious battles On tuesday and returned on sunday, according to ship spotters. She was the first carrier in her class, the essex class
The amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2) | Us navy ships, Navy ships, Aircraft carrier
Carrier operations and attacks against marcus island, wake island, the gilbert islands, kwajalein, the marshall islands, truk, saipan, tinian.
She is the 5th ship to bear the name dating back to the frigate which was launched in.
