The Wasp-class is a U.S. Navy-operated class of landing helicopter, or LHD, amphibious assault ships. Some would even call it a mini aircraft carrier of sorts. Essentially, the Wasp is an upgraded ...

The USS Wasp (CV-7)entered service in 1940. It was a Yorktown-class aircraft carrier and was stationed in the Atlantic Ocean at the onset of America's engagement in World War II. While supporting ...

WASHINGTON — Three Wasp-class amphibious warships have suffered mechanical problems at sea in recent months — a pattern that some defense analysts said projects a message to other countries that the U ...

The Problem: The U.S. Navy faces significant challenges as multiple key vessels will be sidelined for extended maintenance. The USS John C. Stennis (CVN-74) is undergoing a refueling and complex ...

BAE Systems has won two U.S. Navy contracts worth about $222.6 million combined to provide maintenance, repair and modernization support services for an Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer ...

NORFOLK, Va., Nov. 18, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- BAE Systems (LON:BA) has received $202 million in U.S. Navy contracts to provide modernization and maintenance services aboard the guided missile destroyer ...

The move will give the US options as tensions rise between Israel and Hezbollah. The U.S. Navy amphibious assault ship USS Wasp and the Marines aboard are being sent to the eastern Mediterranean to ...

WAVY’s Navy Ship Salute is a feature on WAVY News 10 Today. Each month, in partnership with the U.S. Navy, WAVY-TV 10 will profile a different ship based at the world’s largest Navy base: Naval ...

Sailors assigned to the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA-6), pet emotional support dogs from the American Red Cross in the ship’s hangar bay, Oct. 29, 2024. US Navy Photo ...