Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. USS Kearsarge (LHD-3), the third Wasp-class amphibious assault ship, was the fifth ship of the United States Navy to be named (the fourth actually commissioned) in honor of the USS Kearsarge, a sloop-of-war that gained fame during the American Civil War. She was, in turn, named for Mount Kearsarge in New Hampshire.Kearsarge''s keel was laid down on 6 February 1990 at Litton-Ingalls Shipbuilding Corporation of Pascagoula, Mississippi.