Aircraft Carrier Photo Index USS WASP (CV7)

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.

SB2U Vindicator on board the aircraft carrier USS Wasp CV7 World War

Launched April 4, 1939 as USS Wasp (CV-7) sponsored by Carolyn Edison, wife of Assistant Secretary of the Navy Charles Edison and the eight ship named Wasp in the U.S. Navy (USN). Commissioned April 25, 1940 in the U.S. Navy (USN) at Army Quartermaster Base, South Boston, Massachusetts with Captain John W. Reeves, Jr. in command..

Aircraft Carrier Photo Index USS WASP (CV7)

The expedition crew aboard the late Paul G. Allen's research vessel (R/V) Petrel discovered wreckage from USS Wasp (CV 7), which was sunk in 1942. Download. Download.

Aircraft Carrier Photo Index USS WASP (CV7)

USS Wasp (CV-7). US Naval History & Heritage Command By Kennedy Hickman Updated on July 03, 2019 USS Wasp Overview Nation: United States Type: Aircraft Carrier Shipyard: Fore River Shipyard Laid Down: April 1, 1936 Launched: April 4, 1939 Commissioned: April 25, 1940 Fate: Sunk September 15, 1942 Specifications Displacement: 19,423 tons

Aircraft Carrier Photo Index USS WASP (CV7)

CV-7 General Specifications Named for: Wasp Complement: 1800 Officers and Enlisted Length: 688 feet Beam: 80 feet 9 inches Draft: 20 feet Flank Speed: 29 Knots Final Disposition: Sunk by IJN I-19 15 September 1942 USS WASP (CV-7) Deployments & History

USN ShipsUSS Wasp (CV7)

While supporting the forces on Guadalcanal on September 15, 1942, USS Wasp (CV-7) was torpedoed by Japanese submarine, I-19, later scuttled by USS Lansdowne (DD-456). Also damaged by I-19.

Aircraft Carrier USS Wasp CV7, Norfolk June 1942, bow view World War

CV-7 was named to commemorate the service of seven American warships that had borne the mame: sloop-of-war sloop-of-war side-wheel gunboat armed yacht. NS098680001 under sail. Note the Grand Union Flag. (Image submitted by Robert Hurst.) NS020740: A wasp is any insect of the order Hymenoptera and suborder Apocrita that is neither a bee nor an ant.

Aircraft Carrier Photo Index USS WASP (CV7)

⚔ WW2 ☢ cold war Naval Aviation USS Wasp was the 7th USN aircraft carrier, built to use remaining treaty tonnage. She operated in the Atlantic and was sunk at Guadalcanal.

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Length: 739'. Beam: 80'9". Draft: 20'. Speed: 30 kts. Armament: 8 5"/38, 16 1.1in AA, 24 .50cal machine guns, 84 planes. Complement: 2,167. Built at Bethlehem, Quincy, and commissioned 25 April 1940. was sunk by Japanese submarine 15 Sep 42 while convoying the 7th Marine Regiment from Espiritu Santo to reinforce Guadalcanal.

Aircraft Carrier Photo Index USS WASP (CV7)

USS Wasp (CV-7). Anchored at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, "dressed ship" for Navy Day on 27 October 1940. Naval History and Heritage Command, NH 43461. Construction on the eighth Wasp (CV-7).

Aircraft Carrier Photo Index USS WASP (CV7)

USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78), foreground, alongside USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75), rear, in 2020 USS Enterprise (CVN-65), foreground, and USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69), rear, in 2011 USS Saratoga (CV-60), top, with USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67), center, in 1990 Aircraft carriers are warships that act as airbases for carrier-based aircraft.In the United States Navy, these consist of ships.

Aircraft Carrier Photo Index USS WASP (CV7)

The 33 PS was until the 6. August 1941 on bord of the USS Wasp. last update 7. March 2007. . 22. August 1941 - 20. October 1941.

Aircraft Carrier Photo Index USS WASP (CV7)

Bridge Wasp burning after being torpedoed U.S. Destroyer O'Brien is torpedoed on September 15, 1942. She eventually sank on October 19, 1942 while trying to return to the U.S. for repairs. U.S. carrier Wasp, torpedoed earlier, burns in the background. Wasp survivors on USS Laffey at Espiritu Santo Wasp survivors on USS Laffey at Espiritu Santo

Aircraft Carrier Photo Index USS WASP (CV7)

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Aircraft Carrier Photo Index USS WASP (CV7)

The late Paul Allen's research team announced they found the wreckage of the World War II-era aircraft carrier USS Wasp (CV-7) in the Coral Sea. The team aboard R/V Petrel found the Wasp wreck nearly 14,000 feet below the sea's surface.