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  2. USS Wasp (LHD-1) - Wikipedia

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    USS Wasp (LHD-1) is a United States Navy multipurpose amphibious assault ship, and the lead ship of her class. She is the tenth USN vessel to bear the name since 1775, with the last two ships named Wasp being aircraft carriers. She was built by the Ingalls Shipbuilding division of Litton in Pascagoula, Mississippi.

  3. US shifts assault ship to the Mediterranean to deter an ...

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    The amphibious assault ship USS Wasp entered the eastern Mediterranean Sea this week as the U.S. positions warships to try to keep fighting between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon from escalating ...

  4. Wasp-class amphibious assault ship - Wikipedia

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    The Wasp-class is a class of landing helicopter dock (LHD) amphibious assault ships operated by the United States Navy.Based on the Tarawa class, with modifications to operate more advanced aircraft and landing craft, the Wasp-class is capable of transporting almost the full strength of a United States Marine Corps Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), and landing them in hostile territory via ...

  5. List of current ships of the United States Navy - Wikipedia

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    USS George Washington Carrier Strike Group underway in the Atlantic USS Constitution under sail for the first time in 116 years on 21 July 1997 The United States Navy has approximately 470 ships in both active service and the reserve fleet; of these approximately 50 ships are proposed or scheduled for retirement by 2028, while approximately 95 new ships are in either the planning and ordering ...

  6. List of aircraft carriers of the United States Navy - Wikipedia

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    Sunk as target ship in the Atlantic Ocean in 2005 [64] CV-67 John F. Kennedy: John F. Kennedy (lead ship) 7 September 1968 23 March 2007 38 years, 197 days Sold for scrap in 2021 [65] [61] CVN-68 Nimitz: Nimitz (lead ship) 3 May 1975 — 49 years, 249 days Stationed at Naval Base Kitsap, Bremerton, Washington [66] CVN-69 Dwight D. Eisenhower ...

  7. Two U.S. Marines assaulted in Turkey by nationalist mob ... - AOL

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    The service members later returned to their ship, the USS Wasp, it said. The Marines' unit is on routine deployment with the U.S. Navy’s Wasp Amphibious Readiness Group, Navy Cmdr. Timothy ...

  8. USS Wasp - Wikipedia

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    USS Wasp (CV-7), laid down in 1936, was an aircraft carrier that saw action in World War II until sunk by Japanese submarine I-19 in September 1942; USS Wasp (CV-18) an aircraft carrier launched in 1943 and served until 1972; USS Wasp (LHD-1) is lead ship of the Wasp-class amphibious assault ships and was launched in 1989 and in active service

  9. USS Essex (LHD-2) - Wikipedia

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    USS Essex (LHD-2) is a Wasp-class Landing Helicopter Dock (LHD) in service with the United States Navy. The amphibious assault ship was built at what is now Huntington Ingalls Industries in Pascagoula, Mississippi .