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Type Wasp-class amphibious assault ship
Propulsion Two boilers, two geared steam turbines, two shafts, 70,000 shp (52,000 kW);
Range 9,500 nautical miles (17,600 km; 10,900 mi) at 18 kn (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Well deck dimensions: 266-by-50-foot (81 by 15.2 m) by 28-foot (8.5 m) high
Boats & landing craft carried
3 Landing Craft Air Cushion or
2 Landing Craft Utility[1] or
12 Landing Craft Mechanized
Troops 1,687 troops (plus 184 surge) Marine Detachment
Complement 1,208
Sensors and processing systems
1 AN/SPS-49 2-D Air Search Radar
1 AN/SPS-48 3-D Air Search Radar
1 AN/SPS-67 Surface Search Radar
1 Mk23 Target Acquisition System (TAS)
1 AN/SPN-43 Marshalling Air Traffic Control Radar
1 AN/SPN-35 Air Traffic Control Radar
1 AN/URN-25 TACAN system
1 AN/UPX-24 Identification Friend Foe
Armament
Two RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile launchers
Two RIM-7 Sea Sparrow missile launchers
Two 20 mm Phalanx CIWS systems
Three 25 mm Mk 38 chain guns
Four .50 BMG machine guns
Aircraft carried
Actual mix depends on the mission
Standard Complement:
6 AV-8B Harrier II attack aircraft
or
6 F-35B Lightning II stealth strike-fighters
4 AH-1W/Z Super Cobra/Viper attack helicopter
12 MV-22B Osprey assault support tiltrotor
4 CH-53E Super Stallion heavy-lift helicopters
3–4 UH-1Y Venom utility helicopters
Assault:
22+ MV-22B Osprey assault support tiltrotor
Sea Control:
20 AV-8B Harrier II attack aircraft
or
20 F-35B Lightning II stealth strike-fighters
6 SH-60F/HH-60H ASW helicopters