Operating along the Eastern Seaboard, USS Wasp successfully recovered the Gemini IV astronauts James McDivitt and White and their spacecraft on June 7, 1965, after splashdown.

NORFOLK, Va. — The Norfolk-based amphibious assault ship USS Wasp is coming home on Friday after a 7-month deployment! The vessel -- with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit out of Camp Lejeune ...

The Gemini 7 crew arrive on the USS Wasp following a successful 14-day mission orbit Earth. Aboard the aircraft carrier, the duo will participate in postflight medical and technical debriefings.

News USS Wasp to return to Norfolk after 7-month deployment A CH-53 Super Stallion helicopter departs the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1) in December 2016.

Operating along the Eastern Seaboard, USS Wasp successfully recovered the Gemini IV astronauts James McDivitt and White and their spacecraft on June 7, 1965, after splashdown.