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List of United States Navy amphibious warfare ships
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1804:To 'Come Alive' today at Naval Yard"
1588:"Wasp class Amphibious assault ship"
1512:from the original on 19 October 2016
1031:, was commissioned on 29 July 1989.
231:22 knots (41 km/h; 25 mph)
113:Roughly 2.22 billion in 2023 dollars
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1810:. Norfolk, Virginia. 29 July 1989.
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1437:"What Was the U.S. GDP Then?"
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1016:-class ships were built by
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622:-class ships were built by
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964:AN/SLQ-25 torpedo decoy
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60:Ingalls Shipbuilding
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295:Complement
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1979:Kearsarge
1742:Kearsarge
1659:, p. 231.
1422:Citations
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1965:Wasp
1951:Wasp
1896:OCLC
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