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.
U.S. Sailors and Marines man the rails of the amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) as the ship departs Norfolk, Va., March 11, 2013 130311-N-XY604-024
Hitting the hardwood DVIDS122595
U.S. Marines assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 266 attach a rotor to an MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor aircraft while performing maintenance on the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS 130504-M-ZC556-032
U.S. Navy Quartermaster Seaman Apprentice Jade Walker fires an M9 Beretta pistol during a small-arms qualification course on the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) in the Gulf 130529-N-NK134-083
Construction for a school DVIDS122597
A U.S. Navy MH-60S Knighthawk helicopter delivers cargo to the amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) during a replenishment at sea in the Atlantic Ocean March 14, 2013 130314-M-SO289-018
Checking in and checking up at the clinic DVIDS125911
Continuing Promise 2008 in Guyana DVIDS130351
LCAC-55 maneuvers to enter the well deck
USS Kearsarge docked by the quays of Hernesaari, Helsinki, Finland