LH · Assault Carrier
| IMO: | 4681618 |
| MMSI: | 368779000 |
| Flight Deck: | 2 |
| Call Sign: | NESX |
| Shipyard: | Ingalls Shipbuilding |
Timeline
| Date | |
|---|---|
| Sep 10, 1986 | |
| Mar 20, 1989 | |
| Feb 23, 1991 | |
| Oct 17, 1992 | |
| Oct 9, 1999 | San Francisco Naval Shipyard Present for Fleet Week 1999. Airframes from HMLA-267, HMH-361 and HMH-364 embarked. Pier 30/32 San Francisco Fleet Week 1999 |
| Aug 7, 2009 | Coral Sea Australian Black Hawk A25-112 in the Coral Sea |
| Jul 2010 | Coral Sea RAN Sea King N16-125 in the Coral Sea |
| Mar 2011 | Along with USS Germantown, both with elements of 31st MEU embarked, were ordered from the Sea of Japan to the east coast of Honshu for Tsunami relief operations. Earthquake/Tsunami Relief Operation Tomodachi - Tohoku Earthquake Relief |
| Jan 24, 2019 |  Phuket Harbour USS Essex and embarked 13th MEU visited Phuket. Visiting |
| Feb 21, 2022 | NS Pearl Harbor 11th MEU 2022-2 |