Wasp 2000
Bataan 2010
Makin Island 2010
| No | Name | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comm | Fate |
| LHD1 | Wasp | 7103 | Ingalls, Pascagoula | 30.5.1985 | 4.8.1987 | 6.7.1989 | in service (2019) |
| LHD2 | Essex | 7201 | Ingalls, Pascagoula | 20.3.1989 | 4.1.1991 | 17.10.1992 | in service (2019) |
| LHD3 | Kearsarge | 7202 | Ingalls, Pascagoula | 6.2.1990 | 26.3.1992 | 16.10.1993 | in service (2019) |
| LHD4 | Boxer | 7203 | Ingalls, Pascagoula | 8.4.1991 | 13.8.1993 | 11.2.1995 | in service (2019) |
| LHD5 | Bataan | 7205 | Ingalls, Pascagoula | 22.6.1994 | 15.3.1996 | 20.9.1997 | in service (2019) |
| LHD6 | Bonhomme Richard | 7206 | Ingalls, Pascagoula | 18.4.1995 | 14.3.1997 | 15.8.1998 | in service (2019) |
| LHD7 | Iwo Jima | 7207 | Ingalls, Pascagoula | 12.12.1997 | 25.3.2000 | 30.6.2001 | in service (2019) |
| LHD8 | Makin Island | 7208 | Ingalls, Pascagoula | 14.2.2004 | 22.9.2006 | 24.10.2009 | in service (2019) |
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Displacement standard, t |
27565 - 28295 light |
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Displacement full, t |
40329 - 41133 |
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Length, m |
237.1 wl 257.3 oa |
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Breadth, m |
32.3 wl 42.7 oa |
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Draught, m |
8.53 max unballasted |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
LHD1-7: 2 sets Westinghouse geared steam turbines, 2 Combustion Engineering boilers LHD8: 4 General Electric LM-2500 gas turbines |
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Power, h. p. |
LHD1-7: 77000 LHD8: 72000 |
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Max speed, kts |
24 |
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Fuel, t |
oil 6200 + aircraft fuel 1866 |
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Endurance, nm(kts) |
9500(20) |
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Armament |
LHD1-4: 2 x 8 Sea Sparrow SAM (16 RIM-7), 3 x 6 - 20/76 Mk 15 Phalanx, 4 x 1 - 12.7/90, up to 46 aircraft (20 CH-46E, 10 CH-53E, 6 AH-1W, 3 UH-1N helicopters or 6 AV-8B VSTOL attackers, 14 CH-46E, 6 CH-53E, 6 AH-1W, 4 UH-1N helicopters or 28 AV-8B VSTOL attackers) LHD5-7: 2 x 8 Sea Sparrow SAM (16 RIM-7), 2 x 21 RAM SAM (42 RIM-116), 2 x 1 - 25/75 Mk 38 Bushmaster, 2 x 6 - 20/76 Mk 15 Phalanx, 4 x 1 - 12.7/90, up to 46 aircraft (20 CH-46E, 10 CH-53E, 6 AH-1W, 3 UH-1N helicopters or 6 AV-8B VSTOL attackers, 14 CH-46E, 6 CH-53E, 6 AH-1W, 4 UH-1N helicopters or 28 AV-8B VSTOL attackers) LHD8: 2 x 8 Sea Sparrow SAM (16 RIM-7), 2 x 21 RAM SAM (42 RIM-116), 3 x 1 - 25/75 Mk 38 Bushmaster, 2 x 6 - 20/76 Mk 15 Phalanx, 4 x 1 - 12.7/90, up to 46 aircraft (6 AV-8B VSTOL attackers, 10 MV-22, 4 CH-53E, 4 AH-1W/Z, 3 UH-1N/Y helicopters or 24 AV-8B VSTOL attackers, 6 MH-60R helicopters) |
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Military load |
4 LCU1610 or 3 LCAC or 6 LCM(8), 4 LCPL, 1893 troops, vehicles |
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Electronic equipment |
LHD1: SPS-67(v)3, SPS-49(v)5, SPS-52B, Mk 23 Mod. 3 TAS, 4x Mk 95, 3x Mk 90, SPS-64(v)9, SPN-35A, SPN-43B, SPN-47 radars, WSC-1 Channel Finder sonar, SLQ-32(v)3 ECM suite, 6x Mk 36 SRBOC decoy RL, SLQ-25A Nixie torpedo decoy, SYS-2(v)3, USQ-119(v)11, ACDS CCS LHD2-4: SPS-67(v)3, SPS-49(v)5, SPS-48E, Mk 23 Mod. 3 TAS, 4x Mk 95, 3x Mk 90, SPS-64(v)9, SPN-35A, SPN-43B, SPN-47 radars, WSC-1 Channel Finder sonar, SLQ-32(v)3 ECM suite, 6x Mk 36 SRBOC decoy RL, SLQ-25A Nixie torpedo decoy, SYS-2(v)5, USQ-119(v)11, ACDS CCS LHD5-7: SPS-67(v)3, SPS-49(v)5, SPS-48E, Mk 23 Mod. 3 TAS, 4x Mk 95, 2x Mk 90, SPS-64(v)9, SPN-35A, SPN-43B, SPN-47 radars, WSC-1 Channel Finder sonar, SLQ-32(v)3 ECM suite, 6x Mk 36 SRBOC decoy RL, SLQ-25A Nixie torpedo decoy, SYS-2(v)5, USQ-119(v)11, ACDS CCS LHD8: SPS-67(v)3, SPS-49(v)5, SPS-48E, SPQ-9B, 4x Mk 95, 2x Mk 90, SPS-64(v)9, SPN-35A, SPN-43B radars, SLQ-32(v)3 ECM suite, 6x Mk 36 SRBOC decoy RL, SLQ-25A Nixie torpedo decoy, SYS-2(v)5, USQ-119(v)11, ACDS CCS |
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Complement |
1070 |
Project history: This is an LHA derivative capable of handling the new air-cushion landing craft. Construction was originally planned for the FY87 programme, but it was moved up to FY84 to fill a perceived gap in Marine assault shipping. LHDs beyond the first five or six were intended to replace the lwo Jimas in the 1990s, so that by 1983 a total of about twelve was envisaged.
Unlike the original LHA, the LHD was conceived with a secondary sea-control role; they therefore incorporate maintenance facilities for at least twenty Harriers and for four to six ASW helicopters. The flight deck is so long that no ski-jump is required (were one provided, it would interfere with rolling helicopter take-offs). Quite aside from sea control, Marine Harriers might provide very useful support in an amphibious operation.
Differences from the LHA include use of an LSD/LPD-type lowering stern gate, vice the sectional, rising gate of LHA, provision for 3 LCAC in a single-bay, longer and narrower (98.1x15.2m) and 8.5m-high docking well, revised and strengthened aircraft elevators , internal stowage of a ship's boats, a bulbous forefoot to the bow, a squared-off flight deck forward, making entire deck capable of spotting 9 CH-53E helicopters at once, using HY100 steel for the flight deck, additional cargo elevators, new superstructure and better ballistic protection. They have 2127m² of vehicle parking space and 3087m³ of dry cargo space. Hospital facilities include 6 operating rooms, intensive care units and 47-bed ward expendable up to 578 beds.
Hangar bay area is 1923m², hangar is 6.4m-high and 25.9m-wide, it can accommodate 28 CH-46 equivalents. There are 2 34t capacity, 15.2x13.7m elevators, one at port side as on Tarawas and one at starboard side aft from the superstructure. 28 Harriers can be carried in absence of all helicopters. In a mine-countermeasures role ships carry 20 CH-46E, 6 MH-53E helicopters and 6 Mk 105 countermeasures sleds.
Modernizations: early 1990s, Wasp: - SPS-52B radar; + SPS-48E radar
1997, Wasp: - 1 x 6 - 20/76 CIWS, 1x Mk 90 radar; + 2 x 21 RAM SAM (42 RIM-116), 2 x 1 - 25/75 Mk 38 Bushmaster
late 2000, all: + 1 x 1 - 25/75 Mk 38 Bushmaster, JSIPS-N, ITAWDS, MTACCS, TMS CCS
mid-2010s, all: - SPS-49(v)5, SPN-35A, SPN-43B radars; + SPS-49A(v)1, SPN-35B, SPN-43C radars, SRS-1 ECM suite
mid-2010s, - Wasp, Essex, Kearsarge, Boxer, Bataan, Bonhomme Richard, Iwo Jima: - SPN-47 radar; + SPN-46 radar
mid-2010s, Makin Island: + SPN-46 radar
mid-2010s, some: - SPS-64(v)9 radar; + SPS-73 radar
2014, Essex; later, all: - 2 x 8 Sea Sparrow SAM, ACDS CCS; + ability to carry F-35B Lightning II fighters, MV-22B Osprey cargo tiltrotor aircraft, 2 x 3 ESSM SAM (VLS, 24 RIM-162), CEC USG-2, ICDS CCS
Naval service: No significant events.
Boxer 2003
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