USS Makin Island LHD 8 being built at Northrop Grumman Ship Systems Pascagoula MS.It is 844 feet long and has a 106 foot beam DWL,118 foot beam at the Flight Deck.It is powered by two 35,000 Bhp G.E. gas turbines,two 5,000 Bhp variable speed AC electric motors,two 16.5 ft diameter controllable pitch props built by Rolls Royce.The draft is 27.3 feet ,and it has a top speed of 20 knots.It has 6 4,000 Kw diesel generators.The crew consists of 65 officers,994 enlisted,and a Marine detachment of 1,687 troops plus 184 surge.The LHD 8 will be the last LHD-1 Wasp-class Ships,all built at Northrop Grumman Ship Systems Ingalls Operation in Pascagoula,Ms.,but the first to have gas turbine engines,and electric drive.It has 6 Operating Rooms,17 ICU beds,and 47 Bed Ward.All for around 1.8 Billion Dollars.It will be Commisioned in April 2009 in San Diego,Ca.

USS Makin Island LHD 8 being built at Northrop Grumman Ship Systems Pascagoula MS.It is 844 feet long and has a 106 foot beam DWL,118 foot beam at the Flight Deck.It is powered by two 35,000 Bhp G.E. gas turbines,two 5,000 Bhp variable speed AC electric motors,two 16.5 ft diameter controllable pitch props built by Rolls Royce.The draft is 27.3 feet ,and it has a top speed of 20 knots.It has 6 4,000 Kw diesel generators.The crew consists of 65 officers,994 enlisted,and a Marine detachment of 1,687 troops plus 184 surge.The LHD 8 will be the last LHD-1 Wasp-class Ships,all built at Northrop Grumman Ship Systems Ingalls Operation in Pascagoula,Ms.,but the first to have gas turbine engines,and electric drive.It has 6 Operating Rooms,17 ICU beds,and 47 Bed Ward.All for around 1.8 Billion Dollars.It will be Commisioned in April 2009 in San Diego,Ca.