Description

USS Essex LHD-2 Patch – No Hook and Loop

Aviators and Sailors!  Enjoy this beautifully embroidered USS Essex LHD-2 Patch.   You’ll love displaying or wearing it

• 4 inch
• Sew On
• Embroidered
• US Naval Veteran Owned Business

USS Essex (LHD-2) is a Wasp-class Landing Helicopter Dock (LHD) in service with the United States Navy. The amphibious assault ship was built at what is now Huntington Ingalls Industries in Pascagoula, Mississippi. She was launched 23 February 1991 and commissioned on 17 October 1992 while moored at Naval Air Station (NAS) North Island. She is the fifth ship named for Essex County, Massachusetts. Essex served as the command ship for Expeditionary Strike Group Seven until replaced by USS Bonhomme Richard on 23 April 2012.