The sinking of the U.S.S. Indianapolis is widely known as a shark story—but the truth is much more horrifying.

Unlike the Wasp -class, which balanced well-deck operations (for launching aircraft) with aviation capabilities, the USS America and her sister ship, the USS Tripoli (LHA-7), were built without a ...

The USS Tripoli will replace the USS America as the US's forward-deployed big deck amphibious ship in the Indo-Pacific and it's bristling with F-35s.

The Tripoli is the second America-class amphibious assault ship delivered to the US Navy. The 45,000-ton vessel measures 844 feet in length and 106 feet in width, similar in size to its predecessor, ...

The name selection was first announced by Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro from the deck of the aircraft carrier USS Wasp during Fleet Week in New York City in May 2023.

USS Hancock (CV-19) > Fate: Disposed by Navy sale on Sept. 1, 1976 > Class: Essex-class > Date commissioned: April 15, 1944 Commissioned in April 1944, Hancock joined Adm. W. F. Halsey’s 3rd Fleet.

[email protected] HUNDREDS of US sailors in crisp white uniforms lined the landing deck of the USS WASP as it arrived yesterday to help The Bahamas mark its 50th anniversary of independence.

Fleet Week 2023 kicked off with the arrival of the amphibious warship USS Wasp in New York City. Navy sailors and Marines shared details of serving on an 843-foot vessel with military capabilities.

What You Need To Know The USS Wasp is a U.S. Navy amphibious assault ship based in Norfolk, Virginia It can carry up to 3,000 sailors and Marines during deployments It's docked at Pier 88 South on ...

Three U.S. Marine Corps squadrons packed 16 F-35B Lightning II stealth jump-jets aboard the new U.S. Navy assault ship USS Tripoli last week to test a concept the fleet has been working on to use ...