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| History | |
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| Name | USS Wasp |
| Awarded | 28 February 1984 |
| Builder | Ingalls Shipbuilding |
| Laid down | 30 May 1985 |
| Launched | 4 August 1987 |
| Commissioned | 29 July 1989 |
| Homeport | Norfolk, Virginia |
| Motto | Honor, Tradition, Excellence" |
| Status | in active service |
| Badge | _Emblem.jpg) |
| General characteristics | |
| 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 | list error: <br /> list (help) 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) |
| Troops | Up to 2,200 Marines |
| Complement | 1,075 officers and enlisted |
| Armament | list error: <br /> list (help) • 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 | list error: <br /> list (help) Variable by mission: • 12 × CH-46 Sea Knight 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 |
