Iran-backed Houthi militants in Yemen are claiming victory over the United States Navy. Sayyed Abdul-Malik al-Houthi, leader ...

The USS Wasp (CV-7), shaped by the limitations of the 1922 Washington Naval Treaty, is often cited as the worst aircraft ...

During World War II, the United States Navy commissioned 24 Essex-class aircraft carriers, making it the most numerous class ...

China's Marine Corps (PLANMC) is stealing a page from the US Marines as it prepares for amphibious operations around the ...

On November 9, eight crew members of the USS Kearsarge (LHD-3), a Wasp-class amphibious assault ship, resumed a longstanding tradition by climbing the slopes of Mount Kearsarge. Liz Kirby with Captain ...

and the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1) in February and March 2025, respectively. “The award of these two contracts will provide extensive work for our Norfolk shipyard team,” David M. Thomas ...

USS Wasp CV-18: A Fighting Carrier Her combat record saw her enter service in the spring of 1944, and she took part in the ...

BAE Systems (LON:BA) has received $202 million in U.S. Navy contracts to provide modernization and maintenance services ...

The locally-based USS Wasp is preparing to evacuate Americans and has been moved into place into the eastern Mediterranean if necessary, according to NBC News.

A landing craft from the Norfolk-based USS Wasp was involved in an incident that left 30 sailors and Marines hurt on Wednesday night. Read more: https://www.wavy.com ...

The company's Norfolk shipyard is currently concluding repair availabilities aboard Wasp-class ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) and the destroyer USS Nitze (DDG 94). The shipyard began working aboard ...

The Wasp-class LHDs are currently the largest amphibious ships in the world. The lead ship, USS Wasp (LHD 1) was commissioned in July 1989 in Norfolk, Va. LHA Replacement or LHA(R) is the next ...