THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT  
              Copyright (c) 1994, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Thursday, August 18, 1994              TAG: 9408180744
SECTION: FRONT                    PAGE: A10  EDITION: FINAL 
                                             LENGTH: Medium:   52 lines

CORRECTION/CLARIFICATION: ***************************************************************** The SPS 48E, an air search radar, is manufactured by ITT Gilfillan, a division of International Telephone and Telegraph Corp. A graphic Thursday of the Navy amphibious assault ship Wasp contained misinformation. Correction published Friday, August 19, 1994. ***************************************************************** U.S.S. WASP

Written and researched by Jack Dorsey, Dennis Joyce and Robert D.

Voros.

THE USS WASP High-Tech Transport for Marine

Wasp Specifications

Size Comparison

The LCAC [Landing Craft Air Cushion]

What the LCAC can do

Available Radars

SEASPARROW Surface Missile System

The Harrier

The Helicopters on board

Phalanx Close-In Weapons system

The Well Deck

Sources: Jane's All the World's Aircraft; Jane's Armour and

Artillery; Jane's Fighting Ships; Jane's Weapons System; Knight

Ridder Tribune; Meisner's General Purpose Amphibious Asault Ships;

Polmar's Ships and Aircraft of the U.S. Fleet.

Special thanks to John Nugent BM-1(DV) USN Ret. and the Tidewater

Association for Applied Navy Marine Corps History for their

assistance.

For copy of graphic, see microfilm.

by CNB