USS WASP LHD 1

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USS WASP LHD 1 This is the official page of USS Wasp (LHD 1). Welcome aboard the #1 warship in the U.S. Navy! Received orders to USS Wasp? Congratulations!

Official website: https://www.surflant.usff.navy.mil/Organization/Operational-Forces/Amphibious-Ships/USS-WASP-LHD-1/Welcome/

Contact our sponsorship team at, [email protected], for on-boarding. If you have yet to be assigned a sponsor after receiving hard copy orders, please email our sponsorship coordinator at [email protected]. USS WASP is the first of eight WASP class multi-purpose amphibious assault ships and is the tenth warship to carry the name WASP. WASP’s primary mission is to support U.S. Marines in combat and also to provide disaster relief and medical support to those in need. WASP has a crew of nearly 1,000 Sailors and is capable of embarking over 1,600 Marines along with all their equipment and supplies needed for combat action and sustainment. Her impressive command/control suite, flight deck, well deck, and medical capabilities give the nation a powerful crisis response option when the need arises. WASP is an 844 foot, 41,000 ton warship that employs 31 aircraft and multiple high speed landing craft. She was built in Pascagoula, Mississippi and commissioned in 1989. She is equipped with multiple layers of sensors and weapon systems.

Congratulations to AO2 Mata ! 🐝⚓️Mata is recognized as Wasp’s for October 9-15. Your efforts have proved dedication to...
10/16/2026

Congratulations to AO2 Mata ! 🐝⚓️

Mata is recognized as Wasp’s for October 9-15. Your efforts have proved dedication to Wasp’s core values of Honor, Tradition, Excellence.

⚓️ Happy 251st Birthday, U.S. Navy! 🇺🇸USS WASP proudly celebrates 251 years of honor, courage, and commitment. Here’s to...
10/13/2026

⚓️ Happy 251st Birthday, U.S. Navy! 🇺🇸

USS WASP proudly celebrates 251 years of honor, courage, and commitment. Here’s to those who serve around the nest and beyond! 🐝

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10/13/2026

Happy 251st Birthday Navy!

Congratulations to GM3 Kalama! 🐝⚓️Kalama is recognized as Wasp’s for October 2 - 8. Your efforts have proved dedicatio...
10/09/2026

Congratulations to GM3 Kalama! 🐝⚓️

Kalama is recognized as Wasp’s for October 2 - 8. Your efforts have proved dedication to Wasp’s core values of Honor, Tradition, Excellence.

10/05/2026

No chain too big, no line too small, our Boatswain’s Mates can do it all. ⚓️🙅‍♂️

Our Stingers put their teamwork and expertise on full display during this anchoring
evolution.

Deck Department Shows Off ⚓️🐝Sailors demonstrated their teamwork and expertise during an anchor dropping evolution. ...
10/01/2026

Deck Department Shows Off ⚓️🐝

Sailors demonstrated their teamwork and expertise during an anchor dropping evolution.

Congratulations to MA2 Ordaz! 🐝⚓️Ordaz is recognized as Wasp’s for September 18 - 24. Your efforts have proved dedicat...
09/26/2026

Congratulations to MA2 Ordaz! 🐝⚓️

Ordaz is recognized as Wasp’s for September 18 - 24. Your efforts have proved dedication to Wasp’s core values of Honor, Tradition, Excellence.

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USS WASP LHD1, UNIT 100261 BOX1, FPO AE
Norfolk, VA
09514

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