USS Wasp (LHD-1), Aircraft Carrier, Vessel, Ship, Photo

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Code Number:: MYNV12P05_11B
Title:: USS Wasp (LHD-1), U.S. Navy multipurpose amphibious assault ship; 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
Keywords:: 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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Code Number:: MYNV12P05_11B
Title:: USS Wasp (LHD-1), U.S. Navy multipurpose amphibious assault ship; 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
Keywords:: 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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