Amphibious Assault Ships are the ... aircraft and landing craft. The Tarawa-class LHAs and Wasp-class LHDs provide the Marine Corps with a means of ship-to-shore movement by helicopter in addition ...

The top Marine has a key objective for the Corps: getting Marine Expeditionary Units back on full deployment schedules. But ...

The launch ceremony for the Sichuan at the Hudong-Zhonghua Shipyard, Dec. 29, 2024.

The U.S. Navy's newest Wasp Class multipurpose amphibious assault ship was commissioned USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) during ceremonies October 16, 1993 at Ingalls Shipbuilding division of Litton in ...

This incident has disrupted its deployment plans in the Indo-Pacific region ... In March, the United States Navy announced that the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD-4) earned ...

Acting Secretary of the Navy, Terence Emmert visited the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Ross (DDG 71) and ...

The USS Wasp is the first one of eight Wasp-class amphibious assault ships designed to help U.S. Marines by providing disaster relief and medical aid in the battlefield. It can also carry tanks ...

Onlookers watch sailors and Marines man the rails as the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Boxer returns to Naval Base San Diego, Nov. 24, 2024. (Evan Diaz/Navy) NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.