| Career | United States Navy |
| Role | Amphibious assault ship |
| Status : | active |
| Awarded: | 28 February 1984 |
| Laid down : | 30 May 1985 |
| Launched : | 4 August 1987 |
| Commissioned : | 29 July 1989 |
| Homeport : | Norfolk, Virginia |
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| Class and type : | Wasp class Amphibious assault ship |
| Displacement : | 40,532 long tons (41,182 t) full load |
| Length : | 844 ft (257 m) |
| Beam : | 106 ft (32 m) |
| Draft : | 26.5 ft (8.1 m) |
| Propulsion : | Steam turbines, 70,000 shp (52 MW) 2 × Boilers, 600 psi (4.1 MPa) 2 × shafts |
| Speed : | 23 knots (26 mph; 43 km/h) |
| Range : | 9,500 nmi (17,600 km) at 20 kn (23 mph; 37 km/h) |
| Complement : | 1,075 officers and enlisted |
| Troops: | Up to 2200 marines |
| Armament : | 2 × NATO Sea Sparrow missile systems 2 × Rolling Airframe Missile systems 2 × Phalanx CIWS 3 × 25 mm Mk 38 cannons .50-cal M2HB machine guns |
| Aircraft carried : | Variable by mission: 3 x MH-60S Knighthawk helicopters 4 × CH-53E Super Stallion helicopters 6 × AV-8B Harrier attack aircraft 3 × UH-1N Huey helicopters 4 × AH-1Z Viper helicopters MV-22 Osprey VTOL tiltrotor aircraft |
| Motto : | Honor, Tradition, Excellence |
USS Wasp (LHD-1) is an amphibious assault ship built for the United States Navy. She is the lead ship of her class. To date it is the tenth US Navy vessel to bear the name Wasp. For a period the USS Wasp was the flagship of the Second Fleet.
Table of contents
Ship's seal
Design and construction
Naming
Technology
Operational Service
Commanding officers
See also
Further reading
Amphibious assault ship
Wasp class amphibious assault ship
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