Amphibious Assault Ships are the U.S. Navy’s largest ... the largest amphibious ships in the world. The lead ship, USS Wasp (LHD 1) was commissioned in July 1989 in Norfolk, Va.

The large, unique Type 076 amphibious assault ship, boasting a catapult for launching fixed-wing aircraft, is a major ...

The U.S. Navy's newest Wasp Class multipurpose amphibious assault ship was commissioned USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) during ceremonies October 16, 1993 at Ingalls Shipbuilding division of Litton in ...

The USS Wasp Amphibious Ready Group will return Friday from a seven-month deployment. The group includes the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp, the amphibious transport dock ship USS New York and ...

NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — Aboard the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge for the monthly WAVY Navy Ship Salute, we were greeted from multiple levels of the ship with extreme enthusiasm.

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Currently, Ingalls has two Wasp class ships under construction ... and builder of the Navy's two newest classes of amphibious assault ships, LHAsandLHDs. The yard has also been granted an export ...

The design of these American mini carriers was influenced by the earlier eight Wasp class LHDs. The last of these amphibious assault ships, the Makin Island LHD-8, entered service in 2009 and was ...

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF People watch as Sailors and Marines line the deck of the USS Wasp, an amphibious assault ship, as it arrives in New York Harbor during the parade of ships to kick off ...

KALININGRAD, November 14. /TASS/. The large amphibious assault ship Pyotr Morgunov under construction at the Yantar Shipyard in Kaliningrad on order from Russia’s Defense Ministry will start ...

The Tripoli is the second America-class amphibious assault ship delivered to the US Navy. The 45,000-ton vessel measures 844 feet in length and 106 feet in width, similar in size to its predecessor, ...