Latest "USS Wasp" stories

The 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit is deploying to Central and South America

It’s not common for Marines to deploy to South America aboard amphib ships

By Shawn Snow

4 years ago

Trump, Shanahan distance themselves from McCain controversy

The Pentagon’s acting chief, Patrick Shanahan, ordered his chief of staff to investigate the flap.

By Lolita C. Baldor, The Associated Press

5 years ago

Navy probing patches worn during Trump’s Wasp visit

The military has dress codes and regulations against partisan political acts while in uniform.

5 years ago

Why Trump asked the Wasp’s crew ‘electric or steam?’

The warship Wasp doesn't even have catapults.

By Mark D. Faram and Joe Gould

5 years ago

Another busy week in the South China Sea

Political tensions rose in the South China Sea last week before Monday's FONOP by two Navy guided-missile destroyers.

5 years ago

Here’s why the Marine Corps is strapping LAVs to the flight deck

LAVs aboard the 31st MEU engaged surface targets with the M242 Bushmaster 25 mm chain gun while strapped to the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship Wasp.

By Shawn Snow and Todd South

5 years ago