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- Code Number:
- MYNV17P07_17
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USS Wasp (LHD-1), Amphibious Assault Ship, fireboat spraying water
- Launched: 4 A/08/1987
Commissioned: 29/07/1989 Status: Active in service as of 2008 Homeport: NS Norfolk, Norfolk, Virginia Displacement: 40,532 tons full load Length: 257 meters (844 feet) Beam: 32 meters (106 feet) Propulsion: Steam turbines: 2x shafts, 70,000 shp (52 MW); Boilers: 2x, 600 psi (4 MPa) Speed: 43 km/h (23 knots) Range: 9,500 nautical miles (17,600 km) at 20 knots (40 km/h) Complement: 1,075 Troops 1,600 Armament: 2 NATO Sea Sparrow systems 2x Rolling Airframe Missile systems 3 Phalanx CIWS 4 25 mm Mk 38 cannons.50-cal M2HB machine guns aircraft carried: 42 CH-46 Sea Knight helicopters, Harrier jets or 10 MV-22B Osprey aircraft Motto: First in the Fleet
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San Francisco, California, USA, City, Aircraft Carrier, Vessel, Ship, Hull, Warship, Flatop, Wasp Class Amphibious Assault Ship (LHD), USN, United States Navy, hull, vessel, Navy, Military, Armament, Killingry, Weaponry, warfare, Naval, Weapon, Maritime, History, Archives, Historic, Armed Force
- Image by:
- Wernher Krutein
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