LHD-1 USS Wasp
Highlights of Ship's Service History
![[USS Wasp photo]](http://www.navsource.org/archives/10/08/10080101.jpg "USS Wasp (LHD-1)")
28 Feb 1984
![[ quill pen icon ]](http://i572.photobucket.com/albums/ss162/RustyBill/website/icon/authorize.gif "Authorised")
Contract awarded to Ingalls Shipbuilding, Mississippi
30 May 1985
![[ keel laid icon ]](http://i572.photobucket.com/albums/ss162/RustyBill/website/icon/keel.gif "Keel laid")
Keel laid
04 Aug 1987
![[ champagne bottle icon ]](http://i572.photobucket.com/albums/ss162/RustyBill/website/icon/launch.gif "Launched")
Launched
29 Jul 1989
![[ bunting icon ]](http://i572.photobucket.com/albums/ss162/RustyBill/website/icon/commission.gif "Commissioned")
Commissioned
2009
![[ Flag of United States ]](http://i572.photobucket.com/albums/ss162/RustyBill/website/flags/us-tn.gif "United States")
In service, assigned to Battle Force/Atlantic Fleet, homeported in Norfolk, VA.
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Ship's Official Website
United States Naval Vessel Register
Wikipedia![[ Wikipedia icon ]](http://i572.photobucket.com/albums/ss162/RustyBill/website/icon/wiki.gif "Wikipedia article"){kind=icon}
NavSource: Photographic History of the U.S. Navy![[ World Wide Web icon ]](http://i572.photobucket.com/albums/ss162/RustyBill/website/icon/web.gif "WWW article"){kind=icon}
Haze Gray & Underway
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