USS Wasp
USS Wasp (LHD-1) is a U.S. Navy multipurpose amphibious assault ship. She is the lead ship of her class, is the tenth USN vessel to bear the name, and was the flagship of the Second Fleet. She was built by the Ingalls Shipbuilding division of Litton in Pascagoula, Mississippi. USS Wasp and her sister ships are the first specifically designed to accommodate new Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) for fast troop movement over the beach, and Harrier II (AV-8B) Vertical/Short Take-Off and Landing (V/STOL) jets which provide close air support for the assault force. The AV-8B Plus used by the United States Marine Corps (USMC) was last produced in 2003, and USMC expects to operate its Harriers until 2025.
Wasp, which is 257 m long (843 ft) with a beam of 32 meters (105 ft), also accommodates the full range of Navy and Marine Corps helicopters, the tiltrotor MV-22 Osprey, conventional landing craft, and amphibious vehicles.
Since 2004, in a period when all the rest of the USN's flattops have been heavily tasked and often kept on lengthy deployments, Wasp has not been sent on an extended deployment, and since 2011 the ship has been assigned to Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) F-35B Lightning II testing.[1][2]
In June 2016, Wasp deployed for the first time in 11 years with a six-month tour to the Middle East [3] In October 2016, the US Navy announced that Wasp will deploy to Sasebo, Japan in late 2017, replacing her sister ship Bonhomme Richard, which will be moved to San Diego, California.
http://ift.tt/2iW0y9d
USS Wasp (LHD-1) is a U.S. Navy multipurpose amphibious assault ship. She is the lead ship of her class, is the tenth USN vessel to bear the name, and was the flagship of the Second Fleet. She was built by the Ingalls Shipbuilding division of Litton in Pascagoula, Mississippi. USS Wasp and her sister ships are the first specifically designed to accommodate new Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) for fast troop movement over the beach, and Harrier II (AV-8B) Vertical/Short Take-Off and Landing (V/STOL) jets which provide close air support for the assault force. The AV-8B Plus used by the United States Marine Corps (USMC) was last produced in 2003, and USMC expects to operate its Harriers until 2025.
Wasp, which is 257 m long (843 ft) with a beam of 32 meters (105 ft), also accommodates the full range of Navy and Marine Corps helicopters, the tiltrotor MV-22 Osprey, conventional landing craft, and amphibious vehicles.
Since 2004, in a period when all the rest of the USN's flattops have been heavily tasked and often kept on lengthy deployments, Wasp has not been sent on an extended deployment, and since 2011 the ship has been assigned to Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) F-35B Lightning II testing.[1][2]
In June 2016, Wasp deployed for the first time in 11 years with a six-month tour to the Middle East [3] In October 2016, the US Navy announced that Wasp will deploy to Sasebo, Japan in late 2017, replacing her sister ship Bonhomme Richard, which will be moved to San Diego, California.
http://ift.tt/2iW0y9d
from John Currin (JC 's Naval and Military) - Google+ Public Posts http://ift.tt/2tyDN2C
via IFTTT See all here - http://ift.tt/2s3djVQ
Posts
No comments:
Post a Comment
How did you like the post, leave a comment. I would appreciate hearing from you all. Best wishes from JC's Naval, Maritime and Military News