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==Subtopics== | ==Subtopics== | ||
{{r|USS Wasp (LHD-1)|''USS Wasp'' (LHD-1)}} | {{r|USS Wasp (LHD-1)|''USS Wasp'' (LHD-1)}} | ||
Revision as of 15:25, 1 January 2010
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Parent topics
- Amphibious warfare [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Amphibious Assault Ship [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Landing Helicopter Dock [r]: Amphibious warfare ships with both an internal dock that can be flooded to allow smaller landing craft to swim out, as well as a flight deck for helicopters and STOVL aircraft; with more flight deck space than the current Landing Platform Dock ships [e]
Subtopics
- USS Wasp (LHD-1) [r]: A member of the largest amphibious warfare ship type in the United States Navy, a Wasp-class Landing Helicopter Dock assigned to Expeditionary Strike Group TWO, homeported at Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia [e]
- USS Kearsarge (LHD-3) [r]: Of the largest amphibious warfare ship type in the United States Navy, a Wasp-class Landing Helicopter Dock; homeported at Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia and assigned to Expeditionary Strike Group TWO; launched aircraft in Operation Odyssey Dawn against Libya [e]
- USS Boxer (LHD-4)) [r]: A United States Navy amphibious assault ship, homeported in San Diego, California; flagship of Task Force 151 in April 2009 [e]
- USS Bataan (LHD-5) [r]: Add brief definition or description
- USS Iwo Jima (LHD-7) [r]: Homeported at Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia, a Wasp-class Landing Helicopter Dock, which is the largest amphibious warfare ship type in the United States Navy; assigned to Expeditionary Strike Group TWO [e]
- Expeditionary Strike Group ONE [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Expeditionary Strike Group TWO [r]: A U.S. Navy amphibious warfare and contingency operations group, comprising 15 ships with several attached U.S. Marine and Navy units, commanded by RADM Michelle Howard and operating in the United States Central Command area [e]
- Task Force 151 [r]: A multinational naval task force, created around Expeditionary Strike Group TWO from United States Central Command, which is conducting counter-piracy operations in the waters off Somalia; now under Turkish Navy command [e]
- Aircraft carrier [r]: A warship designed to launch and recover combat aircraft and aircraft that support military operations [e]
- Marine Air-Ground Task Force [r]: The basic structure of United States Marine Corps combined arms, task-organized units [e]