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USS Wasp (CV-7) was a United States Navy aircraft carrier commissioned in 1940 and lost in action in 1942. She was the eighth ship named USS Wasp , and the sole ship of a class built to use up the remaining tonnage allowed to the U.S. for aircraft carriers under the treaties of the time.
USS Wasp (CV/CVA/CVS-18) was one of 24 Essex-class aircraft carriers built during World War II for the United States Navy. The ship, the ninth US Navy ship to bear the name, was originally named Oriskany , but was renamed while under construction in honor of the previous Wasp (CV-7) , which was sunk 15 September 1942.
USS Wasp (LHD-1) is a United States Navy multipurpose amphibious assault ship, and the lead ship of her class. She is the tenth USN vessel to bear the name since 1775, with the last two ships named Wasp being aircraft carriers. She was built by the Ingalls Shipbuilding division of Litton in Pascagoula, Mississippi.
1800: USS Pickering, on course from Guadeloupe to Delaware, lost with 91 people on board. [15] (Possibly lost in a gale) 1814: USS Wasp, last known position was the Caribbean, lost with 140 people on board. [15] (Possibly lost in a storm) 1824: USS Wild Cat, on course from Cuba to Tompkins Island, lost with 14 people on board. [15] (Lost in a ...
USS Wasp (CV-7) was operating some 150 nautical miles southeast of San Cristobal Island on 15 Sept 1942 when she sighted torpedo wakes coming straight for her. Wasp was struck by three torpedoes fired from Japanese submarine I-19 which hit the vicinity of the ship's gasoline and magazines.
The service members later returned to their ship, the USS Wasp, it said. ... two US citizen military personnel in civilian clothes were physically attacked by a group of 15 people, 2 women and 13 ...
Two U.S. Marines from the USS Wasp were attacked Monday during a port visit in Izmir, Turkey, according to a Navy spokesperson. Video of the apparent incident shows a group of men forcing a bag ...
Photo shows sailors watching as the USS Stewart was sunk on May 24 1946 (US Navy/National Archives) Then, when the war ended, the warship was found afloat in Kure, Japan, and was recommissioned ...