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Welcome to the official website of amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1).
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General Characteristics

  • Length: 844 feet

  • Beam: 106 feet

  • Draft: 27 feet

  • Speed: 20+ knots

  • Screw Diameter: 16 feet

  • Displacement: 40,500 tons

  • Sailors: 1,100

  • Marines: 2,000

  • AV-8B Harrier Attack Planes

  • MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor aircraft

  • MH-60 Sea Hawk Helicopters

  • AH-1Z Viper

  • AH-1 Cobra

  • UH-1 Huey

  • MH-53 Sea Dragon

  • Rolling Airframe Anti-Ship Missile Launching Systems

  • NATO Sea Sparrow

  • Missile Launching Systems

  • Phalanx Close-In-Weapons Systems

  • 25mm Gun Mounts

  • 50-Caliber Gun Mounts

  • 2 main engines powered by 600 psi boilers developing 35,000 shaft HP each

  • Landing Craft Air-Cushioned (LCAC)

  • Combat Rubber Raiding Craft (CRRC)

 
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