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 ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

The launching of the Type 076 amphibious assault ship is a normal arrangement in the development of the PLA Navy. It is not targeted at any specific entity, region or country, Wu Qian, a ...