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USS Kearsarge (LHD-3) is the third Wasp-class amphibious assault ship of the United States Navy. She is the fifth ship to bear that name, but the fourth to serve under it, as the third was renamed Hornet (CV-12) before launching (after the prior Hornet was sunk).
USS Kearsarge (CV/CVA/CVS-33) was one of 24 Essex-class aircraft carriers completed during or shortly after World War II for the United States Navy. The ship was the third US Navy ship to bear the name, and was named for a Civil War -era steam sloop.
USS Kearsarge (CV-12) was an Essex-class aircraft carrier renamed Hornet prior to launch, was in commission 1942–1970, and is preserved as a museum ship in Alameda, California. USS Kearsarge (CV-33) was a long-hulled Essex-class aircraft carrier, launched 5 May 1945, served in the Korean War and Vietnam War then scrapped in 1974.
VS-29 was originally commissioned on 1 April 1960 as the Tromboners by splitting VS-21 in two, [2] the squadron making 12 small deployments in the East Pacific between July 1960 and May 1964 aboard the aircraft carrier USS Kearsarge as part of CVSG-53 [1] which included the recovery of the NASA Mercury capsules. [3]
On April 25, 2001, USS Kearsarge ARG and 24th MEU began its deployment, where the ship hosted the annual USO Gala in Naples, Italy, participated in several large amphibious operations (Trident D'OR, Alexander the Great and Albanian Phibliex), and provided support to the president of the United States during the G8 Summit in Genoa, Italy.
Wasp conducted a Mediterranean deployment from August 1995 to February 1996. The Wasp was again deployed in 2004 with the 22 MEU in support of Operation Enduring Freedom [5] Essex Expeditionary Strike Group – USS Essex (LHD-2) Kearsarge Expeditionary Strike Group – USS Kearsarge (LHD-3) Boxer Expeditionary Strike Group – USS Boxer (LHD-4)
After another deployment in 1963, VS-21 and the Kearsarge left what was to become a major Westpac deployment on 19 June 1964. [3] On 5 August 1964, while carrier was inport at Yokosuka , Japan; the ship was ordered to provide ASW protection for US Navy Attack Carriers in the South China Sea near North Vietnam , as a result of the Gulf of Tonkin ...
Operation Shining Express was the June 2003 deployment of an American Joint Task Force task, consisting of the amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge, the 3rd Battalion 2nd Marines (3/2), and a detachment of HH-60G helicopters and Pararescuemen from the 56th Rescue Squadron [1] [2] to evacuate U.S. embassy personnel and American citizens during the Second Liberian Civil War.