USS Wasp (LHD-1) - Wikipedia
WEBUSS 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.
USS Wasp (CV-7) - Wikipedia
WEBUSS 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 (LHD 1) - United States Navy
WEBMay 7, 2024 · USS Wasp is the first of eight Wasp-class multi-purpose amphibious assault ships and is the 10th warship to carry the name. The ship's primary mission is to support U.S. Marines...
WWII Wreck Found of USS Wasp, Where 176 Died After Torpedo …
WEBMar 14, 2019 · In the treacherous waters of the Atlantic and the bomber-laden Mediterranean of World War II, the USS Wasp, a 741-foot-long aircraft carrier, came out unscathed. But it wasn’t so lucky in the...
USS Wasp Now in the Mediterranean Sea - USNI News
WEBJun 26, 2024 · Big deck amphibious warship USS Wasp (LHD-1) passed through the Strait of Gibraltar on Wednesday and is now operating in the Mediterranean Sea, according to ship spotters. The transit follows a brief port visit to Naval Station Rota, Spain.
The Death of the USS Wasp - Warfare History Network
WEBOne of the American aircraft carriers sent to the region to replace U.S. Navy losses at Midway was the USS Wasp (CV-7)—a big, hulking, behemoth of a floating island 688 feet long, with a deck that was 109 feet wide.
Wasp (CV-7) - NHHC
WEBJun 20, 2024 · 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) began...
US sends USS Wasp assault ship and Marines to eastern …
WEBJun 27, 2024 · The U.S. Navy amphibious assault ship USS Wasp and the Marines aboard are being sent to the eastern Mediterranean to serve as a deterrent and provide the U.S. military with options as tensions ...
From Japan To The Med: A Stinger's Journey - United States Navy
WEB5 days ago · MEDITERRANEAN SEA — The alarm blares at 2200 hours, slicing through the quiet hum of the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp’s (LHD 1) late evening routine.
The U.S.S. Wasp: Torpedoed, Scuttled, Sunk and Now Found
WEBMar 14, 2019 · Seventy-six years ago, the aircraft carrier was crippled by Japanese torpedoes. A team of researchers just tracked it down, 14,000 feet below sea level. Here’s how.