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Sasebo, Japan (Jan. 24, 2007) -- Sailors cross the flight deck as USS Essex (LHD 2) prepares to get underway from Indian Basin. Essex is the Navy's only forward deployed amphibious assault ship and is the flagship for the Essex Expeditionary Strike Group out of Sasebo, Japan, and serves Task Force 76, headquartered in White Beach Facility, Okinawa, Japan. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Jeremy L. Wood (RELEASED)
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Photo description

Photo Date
 January 24, 2007
Photographer
 Mass Communication Specialist 1st Jeremy L. Wood
Caption Writer
 LT Christopher Bishop, Deputy Director, NVNS
Copyright Status
 Public domain / free use
Service Branch
 US Navy
Primary Equipment
 LHD 2
Other Visible Equipment
 Not available
Plane Number
 Not available
Base
 Sasebo, Japan
Tail Code
 Not available
Squadron
 Not available
Comments/Notes
 Not available