USS John P Murtha LPD 26 HSC-23
An MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter, attached to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 23, prepares to land aboard amphibious transport dock USS John P. Murtha (LPD 26) following extraction of NASA astronauts from the Orion crew module in the Pacific Ocean, April 10, 2026. USS John P. Murtha (LPD 26) is underway in the U.S. 3rd Fleet area of operations supporting NASA’s Artemis II mission, retrieving the crew and spacecraft following their return to Earth and splashdown in the Pacific Ocean. NASA’s Artemis II