Wasp Class LHD's



General Characteristics, Wasp Class
USS Essex Port Front
BuilderIngall Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, Miss.
Power Plant Two boilers, two geared steam turbines, two shafts, 70,000 shaft horsepower
Length844 feet
Beam106 feet
Displacement 40,500 tons fully loaded
Speed +20 knots
Aircraft
Assault: 42 CH-46 Sea Knight helicopters
Sea Control: 20 AV-8B Harrier attack planes, Six ASW helicopters

Vessels
Ships Hull Numbers Home Port
USS Wasp LHD-1 Norfolk, VA
USS Essex LHD-2 San Diego, CA
USS Kearsarge LHD-3 Norfolk, VA
USS Boxer LHD-4 San Diego, CA
USS Batann LHD-5 Norfolk, VA
USS Bon Homme Richard LHD-6 Fitting out-to be commissioned July 15, 1998

Crew Ships Company: 104 officers, 1,004 enlisted
Marine Detachment: 1,894
Armament Two NATO Sea Sparrow launchers, three 20mm Phalanx CIWS mounts, eight .50 cal. machine guns
Date Deployed July 29, 1989 ( USS Wasp
Pictures
Many thanks to Guy Derdall, Battleships, Carriers, and all other warships for all of these pictures. Please drop by his site and visit it. Trust me; you'll keep coming back to it.

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