USS WASP LHD 1 |
Keel Laid: May 30, 1985
Christened: September 19, 1987
Commissioned: July 6, 1989
Builder: Ingalls Shipbuilding, West Bank, Pascagoula, Miss.
Propulsion system: two boilers, two geared turbines
Propellers: two
Aircraft elevators: two
Length: 840 feet (256 meters)
Flight Deck Width: 140 feet (42.6 meters)
Beam: 106 feet (32.3 meters)
Draft: 26,5 feet (8,1 meters)
Displacement: approx. 40,500 tons full load
Speed: 23 knots
Crew: Ship: 73 officers, 1009 enlisted; Marine Detachment: 1,894
Armament:
- 2 Rolling Airframe Missile (RAM) launchers
- 2 NATO Sea Sparrow launchers
- 2 MK-15 20mm Phalanx CIWS
- 3 MK-38 MOD 2 25mm Machine Gun System (MGS)
- 8 MK-33 .50 cal. machine guns
Homeport: Norfolk, VA. |