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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-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.
USS Yorktown (CV-10) damaged by a bomb; USS Wasp (CV-18) damaged by a bomb; USS Franklin (CV-13) damaged by two bombs; USS Bunker Hill (CV-17) 15 carriers total in 4 task groups; IJN: IJN Amagi (CV) damaged by bombs while at anchor in the Inland Sea; IJN Katsuragi (CV) damaged by bombs while at anchor in the Inland Sea; IJN Ryuho (CVL) damaged ...
With the ten-ship Nimitz class complete by 2009, October 2013 saw the launch of Gerald R. Ford, lead ship of the planned ten-ship Gerald R. Ford class. This was followed by the launch of John F. Kennedy (CVN-79) in October 2019, while construction is underway on Enterprise (CVN-80) and Doris Miller (CVN-81) .
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]
Two sunken vessels from WWII were recently found off the coast of North Carolina. Researchers from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration discovered the Nazi U-boat 576 and the ...
USS Wasp (1893), was the first steam yacht Columbia launched 1893 by William Cramp, acquired and commissioned in 1898 by the Navy and used as a training ship until sold in 1919; USS Wasp (SP-1159), a steel-hulled motorboat, was leased by the U.S. Navy and performed patrol duties in 1917; USS Wasp (CV-7), laid down in 1936, was an aircraft ...
Naval ships of the United States captured by Japan during World War II (6 P) Pages in category "Vessels captured from the United States Navy" The following 37 pages are in this category, out of 37 total.