U.S.S. Wasp
LHD-1
1991
(Argos AS-32)
- Class: Wasp -- 7 amphibious assault ships of 1984-96
- Displacement: 28,233 tons
- Dimensions: 777'10"(wl) 844' (oa) x 106' x 26'8"
- Machinery: 2 steam turbines; 77,000 shp; 2 shafts = 24 knots
- Missiles: 2 8-tube NATO Sea Sparrow missile launchers Mk 29
- Guns: 3 20mm Phalanx CIWS Mk 16
- Aircraft: 30 CH-46 Sea Knight and CH-53 Sea Stallion helicopters + 6 AV-8B Harrier STOVL; or 20 AV-8B Harrier STOVL + 6 SH-60B/F ASW helicopters
- Complement: 1,146
- Troops: 1,685
- Landing craft: 3 LCAC
- Builder: Litton/Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, Mississippi
- Keel Laid: 30 May 1985
- Launched: 4 Aug 1987
- Commissioned: 6 Jul 1989
- AV-8B Harrier
- CH-53E Sea Stallion
- CH-46E Sea Knight
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