08 August 2024 USS Wasp Conducts Port Visit to Limassol, Republic of Cyprus LIMASSOL, Cyprus – The amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1), with embarked 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Special Operations Capable (SOC), arrived in Limassol, Republic of Cyprus for a regularly scheduled port visit Aug. 8, 2024...
27 June 2024 USS Wasp transits through the Strait of Gibraltar The amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1), flagship of the Wasp Amphibious Ready Group (WSP ARG) and embarked 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Special Operations Capable (SOC), transited the Strait of Gibraltar and entered the Mediterranean Sea, June 26...
18 June 2024 Mass Casualty Exercise Increases Medical Readiness, BALTOPS 24 American, Dutch, and Spanish Sailors and Marines conducted simultaneous medical drills between time zones and geographic boundaries aboard their vessels across the Baltic Region, during exercise Baltic Operations 2024 (BALTOPS 24), June 14, 2024...
01 June 2024 WASP ARG-24th MEU (SOC) Begin Deployment ATLANTIC OCEAN - Sailors and Marines assigned to the Wasp (WSP) Amphibious Ready Group (ARG)-24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Special Operations Capable (SOC) began deployment operations in the Atlantic, June 1...
28 June 2023 USS Wasp Arrives in The Bahamas to Celebrate Nation's 50th Year of Independence NASSAU, The Bahamas - (June 28, 2023) On June 28, amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1) arrived in Nassau, The Bahamas for a port visit aimed to commemorate the 50th anniversary of U.S. - The Bahamas relations and the 50th anniversary of Bahamian independence...
20 September 2022 USS Wasp plank owners tour ship they brought to life NORFOLK, Va. - After 32 years away from Wasp (LHD 1), the first commanding officer returned with other plankowners to take a walk down memory lane. From seaman to chief petty officer, retired Sailors walked the decks of Wasp once again. With the guidance of the current crew, they toured the ship...
08 August 2022 USS Wasp Reopens Galley The crew of amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD1) celebrated the grand reopening of the mess decks with a surf and turf lunch, July 19, 2022...