The US Navy’s Wasp-class LHDs A total of eight ... with the newer F-35B STOVL aircraft also able to be embarked. The USS Bataan was commissioned into service in September 1997, with the latest ...

USS Wasp (CV-7) was authorized by Congress in March 1934, at the height of the Great Depression, laid down in April 1936, launched in April 1939, and commissioned in April 1940.

With a longer hangar deck, it can carry bigger aircraft like the F-35B. Each ship costs $3.4 billion and has been commissioned since 2013. More from Military & Defense The USS America is the first ...

The US Navy sent the USS Wasp into the South China Sea earlier this month loaded with an unusually heavy configuration of Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II Joint Strike Fighters. "We are seeing a ...