Mission Statement
Mission: The mission of USS Kearsarge is to land, train, and deploy a Marine Landing Force during sustained joint amphibious combat operations at sea, ashore, and in the air. USS Kearsarge is crewed with Sailors and Marines to support joint maritime operations to include humanitarian disaster relief and evacuation operations.
Vision: Our vision is to provide a lethal Navy, Marine Corps combat team in defense of the Nation and our partners around the world. Our team’s standard is excellence in all we do and professionalism every day. Our team is the best, because our people are the best.
GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS, WASP CLASS
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Builder: Litton-Ingalls Shipbuilding Corporation Pascagoula, Mississippi.
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Propulsion system: 2 boilers, 2 geared steam turbines
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Propellers: 2
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Length, overall: 843 feet
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Beam: 104 feet
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Draft: 26 feet
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Displacement: 40,500-41,150 tons full load
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Speed: 22 knots
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Aircraft: 6 F-35B Lightning II stealth strike-fighters
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4 AH-1W /Z Super Cobra /Viper attack helicopter
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12 MV-22B Osprey assault support tiltrotor
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4 CH-53E Super Stallion heavy-lift helicopters
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3–4 UH-1Y Venom utility helicopters
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Assault: 22+ MV-22B Osprey assault support tiltrotor
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Sea Control: 20 F-35B Lightning II stealth strike-fighters
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6 SH-60F/HH-60H ASW helicopters
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Armament: 2 RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile launchers
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2 RIM-7 Sea Sparrow Missile Launchers
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3 20mm Phalanx CWIS systems
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4 MK-38 MOD 2 25mm Machine Gun System (MGS)
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4 .50 BMG machine guns