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 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 ...

The US currently operates 11 aircraft carriers of the Nimitz and Gerald R Ford classes, alongside nine amphibious assault ships of the Wasp and America classes, with 11 planned to operate in total ...

Capt. Chris Purcell, the 27th commanding officer of the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1), was relieved by Capt. Paul O’Brien during a change of command ...

On one side of the Pacific, the U.S. Navy’s Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD-6) is in ruins in San Diego and will not be able to return... Here’s What You Need To ...

The Wasp-class is a U.S. Navy-operated class of landing helicopter, or LHD, amphibious assault ships. Some would even call it a mini aircraft carrier of sorts. Essentially, the Wasp is ...

CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — At least three U.S. Navy ships and four Marine Corps Ospreys will join an annual amphibious exercise ...

The recent US Navy (USN) decision to buy a handful of amphibious ships should help bolster a shipbuilding industry that is ...

Lt. j.g. Rebecca Bayer, a native of Coronado, assigned to the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD 4), is pinned ...

(CNN) — China has launched its first next-generation amphibious assault ship, adding a powerful cutting-edge warship to the country’s fast-expanding navy as it races to rival the military ...

BANGKOK (AP) — China launched a new amphibious assault ship Friday, capable of launching fighter jets and designed to strengthen the navy's combat ability in distant seas. The Sichuan ...