It would be easy to mistake LHD-7 for an "aircraft carrier," but the conventionally-powered warship is actually a Wasp-class ...

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 ...

NAPLES, Italy — Sailors from the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp visited family members aboard the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower, ahead of the aircraft carrier’s imminent return to the U.S. after nearly ...

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 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 ...

HMNZS Aotearoa seen here refuelling USS Boxer after a US tanker suddenly became unavailable. (Royal New Zealand Navy) The Royal New Zealand Navy's (RNZN's) sole Aotearoa-class replenishment vessel ...