Tarawa Class: Builder: Ingalls Shipbuilding Service: USN, USMC Armament: 2x RAM launchers; 2x Phalanx 20 mm CIWS mount ... The lead ship, USS Wasp (LHD 1) was commissioned in July 1989 in Norfolk ...

Phalanx production started in 1978 with the Block 0 configuration, and was first installed in 1980 on the USS Coral Sea. The Block 1 configuration was installed on USS Wisconsin in 1988.

The Phalanx is both an offensive and defensive weapon, a common trend among the equipment of these mighty ships. The CIWS equipped on the USS George ... such as the Wasp class.

USS Wasp (CV-7) was authorized by Congress in March 1934, at the height of the Great Depression, laid down in April 1936, launched in April 1939, and commissioned in April 1940.