Wasp-class
Summary
| Origin country | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Category | Aircraft carrier |
| Subtype | Fleet carrier (World War II) |
| Manufacturer | Ingalls Shipbuilding |
| Year commissioned | 1989 |
| Approx. unit cost | $2 billion |
Technical specifications
| Wasp | |
|---|---|
| Displacement | 19116 tons |
| Range | 17000 km at 15 knots |
| Crew | 1070 members |
| Width | 31.8 m (104.3 ft) |
| Length | 257.0 m (843.2 ft) |
| Air Park | 76 aircrafts (F4F Wildcat, SDB-3 Dauntless, TBF Avenger) |
| Propulsion | 6 Parsons steam turbines with a power of 70,000 hp - 4 propellers |
| Armament | 8 127 mm guns + 16 27 mm guns + 24 12.7 mm machine guns |
| Maximum speed | 22 knots |
Photo of Wasp class
