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Code Number: MYNV10P05_10

Title: LHD-1 Wasp

Notes: Wasp Class Amphibious Assault Ship (Multi-Purpose): Laid down, 30 May 1985 at Litton-Ingalls Shipbuilding Corp. Pascagoula MS; Launched, 4 August 1989; Commissioned USS Wasp (LHD-1), 29 July 1988. Wasp is a unit of Amphibious Group 2, US Atlantic Fleet, and is homeported at Norfolk, VA.

Specifications: Displacement 40,500 t. (fl.)
Length 844'
Beam 106'
Speed 20kts+

Complement: Crew: 104 Officer, 1004 Enlisted; Marine Force 1894
Armament: 2 Sea Sparrow launchers, 3 20 mm Phalanx (CIWS)mounts, 8 50cal. mgs; Aircraft: 42 CH-46 Sea Knight Helicopters, 5 AV-8B Harrier aircraft, 6 ASW helicopters; Landing Craft 3 Air Cushion Landing Craft (LCAC)

Power Plant: two 600 psi boilers, two geared steam turbines, two shafts, 70,000 total shaft horsepower.

Aircraft Carrier, Ship, Wasp Class Amphibious Assault Ship (LHD)
Navy, Naval, Military, Weapons, Armament, Weaponry

Photographer: Bill Goidell

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