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.555 Y' 1,3 3 at DQQQ I llbii 8882 Q . A I..- pl -..C seen USS WA SP 1 LH D- lj CHA RACTERI S TI CS iiispitit-t-tilt-iii tllli 324.233 i-igm--10.532 run that l.IllllCllSl0llS tleetl Length 84-1 - Beam 106 Main Engines Steam Turbines: 2 Shafts-70,000 SHP Boilers 2t600 PS1 Each! Aircraft 42tCH-469 Helicopters or Equivalent Landing Craft 3 Landing Craft Air Cushion CLCACJ Missiles 2 NATO Sea Sparrow Systems 2 Rolling Airframe Missile Systems CRAMJ GUNS 3 Close-in Weapons System CCWISJ 4 each 25mm and 50 cal. Machine Guns HIS TOR Y LHD-l class ships are named for famous U.S. Navy warships which themselves were not named for battles. In naming LHD 1 WASP', the Navy honors nine previous ships dating to the American Revolution. Previous U.S. Navy ships named WASP include a schoonert 1775-177733 a sloop of wartl 806-181313 another schoonertl 8 10- l8l4Jg a tender slooptl8l3-18145, a ship-rigged sloop of wart l 814Jg an iron-hulled sidewheel steamertl865-1 876Jg a steam yacht. t 1898-192153 and the most famous of the nine, two air craft carriers, CV-7tl 940-194293 and CV-1 80943-19721. LDH-l is the tenth ship to be named WASP , CV-7, the eighth WASP, earned two battle stars during World War Il. Her sterling performance evoked British Prime Minister Winston Churchill's famous interrogatory message Who said a WASP couldn't sting twice? During Mediterranean cruise 2-98. LHD-1 made an historic return visit to Malta, commemorating their liberation during World War II. After shifting to the Pacific theater of operations. CV-7 participated in a number of major engagements before being sunk during the Battle of Guadalcanal on September 15, 1942. Following the loss of CV-7, CV-18, already under construction at the time became the ninthWASP The ship earned eight battle stars for herWorld War II service in the Pacific. After 29 years of gallant naval service, CV-18 was decommissioned in 1972. i i , WASP GENERAL INFORMATION USS Wasp CLHD-lj is the lead ship of an all-new class of multipurpose amphibious assault ships built by Ingalls Shipbuilding division of Litton in Pascagoula, Mississippi. Waspis primary mission is to support a Marine Landing Force. USS WASP and her sister ships are the first specifically designed to accommodate air cushion landing craft CLCACD for fast troop movement over the beach and Harrier II CAV-8BJ WST OL tVertical!Short Take Off and Landingj jets which will provide close-in support for the assault force. . To carry out her primary mission. USS WASP has an assault support system that synchronizes the simultaneous horizontal and vertical flow of troops, cargo and vehicles throughout the ship. Two aircraft elevators service the hanger and flight decks. Six cargo elevators, each 12 by 25 feet are used to transport material and supplies from her 100,000 cubicfoot cargo holds throughout the ship to staging areas on the flight deck, hangar and vehicle storage decks. Cargo is transferred to waiting landing craft docked within the ship's 13,000 square-foot, 266 foot long welldeck. WASP has medical and dental facilities capable of providing intensive medical assistance to 600 casualties, whether combat incurred or brought aboard ship during humanitarian missions. This in addition to providing routine medicalfdental care to em- barked ship and troop personnel. Major medical facilities include four main and two emergency operating rooms, four dental operating rooms, x-ray rooms, a blood bank, laboratories, and patient wards. . . g , For the comfort of her 1,150 crewmembers and 1,900 embarked troops, all manned spaces and berthing areas are individually heated and air conditioned. Onboard recreational facilities include a state-of-tlie-art Library Multimedia Resource Center, .weight and recreation rooms, Intemet access, and satellite television capabilities. .1 i ' A I 6 4 I LHD-l was built using computer-generated detail system drawings created for each ship section. These state-of-the-art design drawings, used in concert with the revolutionary modular construction techniques pioneered, by Ingalls, produced a ship that was approximately 70 percent complete when launched. Modular construction of the ship in five sectionsvfeatured extensive pre-outfit- ting of machinery, hardware and equipment prior to those sections being joined and the hull closed. f S ' USS WASP's two steam propulsion plants--the largest currently in operation in the U.S. Navy--generate a total of 400 tons of steam per hour. The propulsion system develops 70,000 shaft horsepower, powering the ship to speeds in excess of 22 knots. USS WASP was built using more than 21,00 tons of steel, 400 tons of aluminum, 400 miles of electricallelectronic cable, 80 miles of piping and tubing of various types and sizes, and 10 miles of ventilation ducting. In preparation for her madien voyage, more than 16,200 gallons of paint were applied to the shi ps's exterior hull. USS WASP CLHD-lj was commissioned at Norfolk, Virginia on .luly 29,1989
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