The lead ship, USS Wasp (LHD 1) was commissioned in July 1989 in Norfolk, Va. LHA Replacement or LHA(R) is the next step in the incremental development of the “Big Deck Amphib.” She is being ...

The USS John C. Stennis (CVN-74 ... The Wasp-class was... The Wasp-class is a U.S. Navy-operated class of landing helicopter, or LHD, amphibious assault ships. Some would even call it a mini ...

Capt. Chris Purcell, the 27th commanding officer of the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1), was relieved by Capt. Paul O’Brien during a change of command ...

The U.S. Navy's newest Wasp Class multipurpose amphibious assault ship was commissioned USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) during ceremonies October 16, 1993 at Ingalls Shipbuilding division of Litton in ...

So far this ship is the largest amphibious warship built for the PLAN, being larger than the Type 075 class landing helicopter dock (LHD), launched ... States (U.S.) Wasp and America class ships ...

Lt. j.g. Rebecca Bayer, a native of Coronado, assigned to the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD 4), is pinned ...

What has been described as the most transformational warship in the U.S. Navy has been transformed again. USS Zumwalt (DDG ...

Comprised of the first-in-class Kitty Hawk, USS Constellation, USS America, and the Kennedy, the vessels were the last group of carriers to be powered by fossil fuels, which were replaced by the ...

Take a look inside the last-ever presidential yacht, the USS Sequoia. The USS Sequoia was designed in 1925 by Norwegian John Trumpy, who at the time made the most sought-after luxury yachts in the ...

Warren “Red” Upton, of San Jose, California, was also the last living survivor of the USS Utah, which sank during Japanese attacks on the U.S. Naval Fleet stationed at Pearl Harbor ...

An E-2D Advanced Hawkeye assigned to the ‘Black Eagles’ of Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron (VAW) 113 launches from the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson ...