Ref.: TRUM-05611
USS Wasp LHD-1
Characteristics
Model of the Trumpeter house to scale 1/350 for assembling and painting
History
USS Wasp (LHD 1) is a multipurpose amphibious assault ship of the United States Navy, the tenth to carry the name, the flagship of the Second Fleet and the leading ship of its class.
It was built by the shipbuilding division of Ingalls Shipbuilding of Litton in Pascagoula, Mississippi.
The new amphibious warship of the Navy/Navy Corps team has as its primary mission the support of a Navy Deployment Force.
The USS Wasp and its sister ships are the first specifically designed to accommodate new landing craft, air cushions (LCAC) for rapid troop movement on the beach and Harrier II (AV-8B) short/vertical takeoff and landing jets (V/STOL) that provide air support close to the assault force.