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BAmphibious assault ships
Amphibious assault ship with aircraft carrying capability
At a glance
Foudre-class landing platform docklarger figure on 0 of 3
Measured figures
oa
Single source168.0 m (551 ft 2 in) oa[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | Foudre-class landing platform dock | Wasp-class amphibious assault ship |
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| Name | Foudre class[source] | Wasp class[source] |
| Operators | French Navy Chilean Navy Brazilian Navy[source] | United States Navy[source] |
| Preceded by | Bougainville class[source] | Tarawa class[source] |
| Succeeded by | Mistral class[source] |
Wasp-class amphibious assault shiplarger figure on 3 of 3
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843 ft (257 m)[source]
Installed power
Single source15,480 kW (20,760 bhp )[source]
2 × SEMT-Pielstick 16 PC 2.5 V400 diesel engines 2 × controllable-pitch propellers 1 × bow thruster (750 kW; 1,000 hp) 5 × 850 kW diesel alternators[source]
Two boilers 70,000 shp (
Single sourceTwo boilers 70,000 shp (52,000 kW)[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
America class[source] |
| Built | 1986–1998[source] | — |
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| Completed |
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| Active |
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| Type | Landing platform dock[source] | Amphibious assault ship with aircraft carrying capability[source] |
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| Endurance | 30 days[source] | — |
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| Boats & landing craft carried | 10 CTMs[source] | 3 Landing Craft Air Cushion or 2 Landing Craft Utility or 12 Landing Craft Mechanized[source] |
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| Troops | 470[source] | 1,687 troops (plus 184 surge) Marine Detachment[source] |
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| Sensors & processing systems | 1 × DRBV-21A air/surface search radar 1 × Decca 2459 surface search radar[source] | 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[source] |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys | 1 × ARBB-36 jammer 1 × SLQ-25 Nixie decoy system[source] | — |
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| Armament | 3 Simbad launcher systems for Mistral SAMs 3 × single 30 mm (1.2 in) Breda-Mauser guns 4 × single 12.7 mm (0.50 in) machine guns[source] | 2 × RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile launchers 2 × RIM-7 Sea Sparrow missile launchers 3 × 20 mm Phalanx CIWS systems (LHD 5–8 with two) 4 × 25 mm Mk 38 Machine Gun Systems (LHD 5–8 with three) 4 × .50 BMG machine guns[source] |
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| Aircraft carried | 4 × Super Puma EC225 or 2 × Aérospatiale SA 321 Super Frelon[source] | 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[source] |
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| Aviation facilities | 1,450 m 2 (15,600 sq ft) flight deck[source] | Hangar deck[source] |
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| Country of origin | France[source] | United States[source] |
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| Manufacturer | DCN Brest[source]Foudre class · Foudre L9011 original construction | — |
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| Landing craft carried | 10 CTMs[source]Source-stated capacity; all configurations and qualifiers retained | 3 Landing Craft Air Cushion or 2 Landing Craft Utility or 12 Landing Craft Mechanized[source]Source-stated capacity; all configurations and qualifiers retained |
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| Troop capacity | 470[source]Source-stated capacity; all configurations and qualifiers retained | 1,687 troops (plus 184 surge) Marine Detachment[source]Source-stated capacity; all configurations and qualifiers retained |
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| Builders | — | Ingalls Shipbuilding[source] |
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| Cost | — | Roughly 2.28 billion in 2024 dollars[source] |
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| In commission | — | 1989–present[source] |
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| Retired | — |
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| Propulsion | — | Two geared steam turbines, two shafts; Two General Electric LM2500 geared gas turbines , two shafts (USS Makin Island )[source] |
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| Well deck dimensions | — | 266-by-50-foot (81 by 15.2 m) by 28-foot (8.5 m) high[source] |
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