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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.
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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.
The Wasp was found on Jan. 14 with the aid of… Read More. The USS Wasp, an aircraft carrier that saw service during World War II from Iceland to Guadalcanal, has been located lying 14,000 feet ...
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 ...
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 gale with 31 on board) 1840: Rosalie, found abandoned. [15] (Possibly the "Rossini" found derelict) [16]
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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.