The Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Essex arrived in Hawaii’s Pearl Harbor — site of the infamous Japanese surprise attack of December 7, 1941 — laden with a handful of vintage ...

From a distance, the U.S. Navy’s Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Essex might have been mistaken for a World War II aircraft carrier as it sailed into Hawaii this week with vintage ...

Commissioned 75 years ago on Dec. 31, 1942, the Newport News-built USS Essex was the lead vessel of a new class of aircraft carriers that became the Navy's sledgehammer in the Pacific during World ...

A B-25 Mitchell, a historic vintage military aircraft, a group known as the "Warbirds", arrive in Pearl Harbor aboard USS Essex (LHD 2) for the 75th Commemoration of the End of WWII.

By the time the USS Essex reached Valparaiso, Chile March 14, 1813, it was one-third of its way through an 18-month cruise. The ship's exploits in the War of 1812 may bring to mind the epic ...