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USS Essex ESSEX (LHD 2) is the second ship in the LHD Class of U.S. Navy multipurpose amphibious assault ships. The mission of these ships is to conduct prompt, sustained operations at sea, primarily as the centerpiece of the Navy ' s amphibious groups. LHD ' s provide the means to transport, deploy, command and support all elements of a Marine landing force in assault by air and amphibious craft. The WASP Class is the first specifically designed by a joint Navy Marine Corps team to use air cushion landing craft (LCAC) for the assault and to carry Harrier II (AV-8B) jump jets, for close air support of the assault force. LHD ' s accommodate the full range of Navy and Marines Corps helicopters, conventional landing craft and amphibious vehicles, along with all the tanks, trucks, jeeps, other vehicles, artillery, ammunition and other supplies necessary to fully support the assault. ESSEX has an assault support system that synchronizes the simultaneous horizontal and vertical flow of troops, cargo and vehicles throughout the ship. Six 1 2- by 25-foot cargo elevators transport materials and supplies from cargo The Helicopters The Harrier
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holds throughout the ship to staging areas for loading. Cargo to be loaded aboard waiting landing craft within the well deck is moved via a unique monorail system. This system consists of 2,900 feet of track in a four-bay layout directly over the ship ' s vehicle storage area and well deck. Nine 32-foot cargo monorail trains, each with a capacity of 6,000 pounds, carry material at a speed of up to 600 feet-per-minute (6.8 miles per hour) from the staging area to landing craft in the well deck. Off the beach, ESSEX landing craft are launched and recovered through a huge gate in the ship ' s stern which opens ESSEX ' 1 3,000 square-foot well deck to the sea. The well deck is 267 feet long and 50 feet wide, and is designed specifically for the fly-in fly-out capabilities of the LCAC. The well deck will accommo- date air cushion landing craft, as well as a full range of conven- tional landing craft. To launch and recover conventional landing craft, the ship can ballast over 1 5,000 tons of sea waterto allow these craft to float into and out of the well deck.
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