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Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Warship Essex will get overhaul in San Diego

USS EssexThe amphibious warship Essex, which has long been one of the Navy's most high-profile assets in Asia, will move from Japan to San Diego early next year, where the 844-foot 'Iron Gator' is expected to undergo a major overhaul.

Essex had been scheduled to enter dry dock at General Dynamics NASSCO this year.

But the ship remained deployed in Japan, partly because it was needed to help provide humanitarian relief after that country suffered a catastrophic earthquake and tsunami in April.

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