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| Class | Wasp |
| Type | Landing Helicopter Dock |
| Year | 1989 |
| Crew | 1077 |
| Transport | 1873 |
| Dimensions | |
| Length | 257.3 m |
| Beam | 42.7 m |
| Draught | 8.1 m |
| Displacement | |
| Empty | 28,233 t |
| Loaded | 40,532 t |
| Performance | |
| Speed | 41 km/h |
| Range | 17,594 km @ 37 km/h |
| Machinery | |
| Shafts | 2 |
| Turbines | 2 x Geared steam 70,000 hp Westinghouse |
| Boilers | 2 x Combustion Engineering |
| Fuel | - |
| Armament | |
| Anti-Aircraft | 3 x 20-mm (3 x 1) Phalanx CIWS |
| AA Weapons | RIM-7 (2 x 8) RIM-116 (2 x 21) |
| Armor | |
| Armor | None |
| Sensors | |
| Radar | AN/SPS-48E AN/SPS-49 AN/SPS-67 AN/SPS-64(V)9 AN/SPN-35A AN/SPN-43B Mk. 23 Mk. 95 |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft | 6-20 |
| Helicopters | 42 |
| Production | |
| Built | 8 |
| Total | 8 |
| Ship | Code | Builder | Laid | Launch | Comm | Decomm | Fate | ||
|
Wasp | LHD-1 | Ingalls | 30/05/1985 | 04/08/1987 | 29/07/1989 | - | Active | |
|
Essex | LHD-2 | Ingalls | 20/03/1989 | 23/02/1991 | 17/10/1992 | - | Active | |
|
Kearsarge | LHD-3 | Ingalls | 06/02/1990 | 26/03/1992 | 16/10/1993 | - | Active | |
|
Boxer | LHD-4 | Ingalls | 18/04/1991 | 13/08/1993 | 11/02/1995 | - | Active | |
|
Bataan | LHD-5 | Ingalls | 22/06/1994 | 15/03/1996 | 20/09/1997 | - | Active | |
|
Bonhomme Richard | LHD-6 | Ingalls | 18/04/1995 | 14/03/1997 | 15/08/1998 | 15/04/2021 | Struck | |
|
Iwo Jima | LHD-7 | Ingalls | 12/12/1997 | 04/02/2000 | 30/06/2001 | - | Active | |
|
Makin Island | LHD-8 | Ingalls | 14/02/2004 | 22/09/2006 | 24/10/2009 | - | Active |
