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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 USS Wasp, an aircraft carrier that saw service during World War II from Iceland to Guadalcanal, has been located lying 14,000 feet deep in the Coral Sea 77 years after its sinking. It's the ...
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 (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 carrier that saw action in World War II until sunk by Japanese submarine I-19 in September 1942; USS Wasp (CV-18) an aircraft carrier launched in 1943 and served until 1972
April 1942 - Operation Calendar: 48 Spitfires flown off from USS Wasp [11] [a] 9 May 1942 - Operation Bowery 64 Spitfires: flown off USS Wasp and HMS Eagle (61 arrived). [13] 17–19 May 1942 - Operation LB: 17 Spitfires flown off Eagle; 6 Albacores were forced to return by engine failures [14] [15]
USS Ashland (LSD-1) USS Casa Grande (LSD-13) USS Thomaston (LSD-28) USS Anchorage (LSD-36) USS Whidbey Island (LSD-41) USS Harper's Ferry (LSD-49) Further information: Dock landing ship The LSD came as a result of a British requirement during World War II for a vessel that could carry large landing craft across the seas at speed.
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.
U.S. officials said last week that the deployment of the Wasp was likely as the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower,aircraft carrier and its air wing left the region. The Wasp carries F-35 fighter jets ...