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Wasp-class and Charles de Gaulle

Name:	Wasp-class	Charles de Gaulle
Type:	Landing helicopter dock, amphibious assault ships	Aircraft carrier
Origin:	USA	France
Produced:	1989	2001 (Commissioned)
Unit cost:	750 million $	3 billion €

Full description:	Description, operators	Description, operators

Specifications

Range:	17,600 km; 10,900 mi	Unlimited
Displacement:	40,500 t	42,500 t
Aircraft:	70	28–40
Speed:	22 kn (41 km/h; 25 mph)	27 kn (50 km/h)

Crew:	3100	1950

Displacement

Speed

Aircraft

Dimensions

Length:	253.2 m	261.5 m
Beam:	31.8 m	64.36 m
Draft:	8.1 m	9.43 m

Images

Wasp-class

Author: US Navy 070221-N-6482W-221 A CH-53E Licensed under Public Domain http://www.navy.mil/management/photodb/photos/070221-N-6482W-221.jpg License

Charles de Gaulle

Author: "Charles De Gaulle (R91) underway 2009" by USN - U.S. Navy VFA-146 official website [1] photo [2]. Licensed under Public Domain via Commons - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Charles_De_Gaulle_(R91)_underway_2009.jpg#/media/File:Charles_De_Gaulle_(R91)_underway_2009.jpg License