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USS Wasp may refer to the following ships of the Continental and United States navies:

  • USS Wasp (1775) was a merchant schooner purchased by the Continental Navy in late 1775 and destroyed in 1777
  • USS Wasp (1807) was a sloop constructed in 1806 and captured during the War of 1812
  • USS Wasp (1810) was a schooner built in 1810 and sold after 1814
  • USS Wasp (1813) was a sloop chartered in 1813 and returned to her owners in 1814
  • USS Wasp (1814) was a sloop-of-war constructed in 1813 and lost in a storm at sea in 1814.
  • USS Wasp (1865), originally the captured Confederate Emma Henry, renamed Wasp in June 1865 and found unfit for further service in 1876
  • 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 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
  • USS Wasp (LHD-1) is lead ship of the Wasp-class amphibious assault ships and was launched in 1989 and in active service

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USS Wasp may refer to the following ships of the Continental and United States navies: USS Wasp (1775) was a merchant schooner purchased by the Continental...

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RV Petrel

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Expedition Discovers the Sunken USS Wasp and Her Aircraft". 13 March 2019. "USS Wasp CV-7 | A video of the USS Wasp CV-7 with (Ret.) Adm. Sam Cox, the...

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Wasp

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London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8. USS Wasp Veterans (15 June 1999). USS Wasp. Turner Publishing. pp. 8–11. ISBN 978-1-56311-404-5....

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USS Hobson

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carrier USS Wasp (CV-18) and sank with the loss of 176 crew. The ships had been undertaking amphibious exercises in the Atlantic, with Wasp practicing...

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List of aircraft carriers

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USS Wasp USS Hancock ‡ USS Bennington USS Boxer ‡ USS Bon Homme Richard USS Leyte ‡ USS Kearsarge ‡ USS Antietam ‡ USS Princeton ‡ USS Shangri-La ‡ USS Lake...

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Splashdown

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of the suits were scrubbed prior to the astronauts being hoisted aboard USS Hornet and escorted safely inside a Mobile Quarantine Facility. Both the...

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Landing Craft Air Cushion

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including LHA, LHD, LSD and LPD. Ships capable of carrying the LCAC include the Wasp (3 LCACs), Tarawa (1), Whidbey Island (4–5), Harpers Ferry (2), and San Antonio...

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Forrest Sherman

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took command of the carrier USS Wasp, taking the ship through the first month of the Solomon Islands campaign. After Wasp was sunk by a Japanese submarine...

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List of aircraft carriers of the United States Navy

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II classes: the Lexington class; USS Ranger, the first U.S. purpose-built carrier; theYorktown class, and USS Wasp. As World War II loomed, two more...

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James Lawrence

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seamen. Subsequently, Lieutenant Lawrence commanded the warships USS Vixen, USS Wasp and USS Argus. In 1810, he also took part in trials of an experimental...

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Frank Borman

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down 6.4 miles (10.3 km) from the recovery vessel, the aircraft carrier USS Wasp. Borman had never been on an aircraft carrier before, and was awed by its...

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List of submarine actions

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carrier USS Wasp and destroyer USS O'Brien and damages battleship USS North Carolina with a single salvo. 1942, November 13 - I-26 sinks USS Juneau. The...

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Task Force 16

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number of the most important battles of the Pacific War. In July 1941, USS Wasp (CV-7) drew the assignment of ferrying army aircraft to Iceland because...

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Jim Lovell

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5.5 kilometers (3.0 nmi) from the recovery ship, the aircraft carrier USS Wasp. Twelve experiments had been carried out. This mission proved that people...

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