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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 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 O'Brien (DD-415) was escorting a convoy of troop transports in company with USS Wasp (CV-7) on 15 September 1942 when the American ships were targeted by Japanese submarine I-19. A spread of six torpedoes was fired which sank the Wasp, and damaged battleship North Carolina.
Minor injuries were treated by medical personnel aboard the Wasp and New York, officials said. The U.S. Naval Institute reports “ 18 sailors and 30 Marines ” were aboard the two landing craft.
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 (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.