Summary and Key Points: The USS Wasp (CV-7 ... Other issues included a Wasp had a unique round bottom, a hull strengthened only to the hangar deck, and the ship was the “last combatant ship ...

Amphibious Assault Ships contain a well deck to support use of Landing Craft ... amphibious ships in the world. The lead ship, USS Wasp (LHD 1) was commissioned in July 1989 in Norfolk, Va.