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 …

2019年3月14日 · Three hours after nightfall on Sept. 15, 1942, the U.S.S. Wasp, a United States Navy aircraft carrier, slipped beneath the waves 350 miles southeast of Guadalcanal.

2019年3月14日 · 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 ...

The loss of Wasp left Hornet the only U.S. aircraft carrier in the Pacific; Hornet was herself sunk during the Battle of Santa Cruz on October 26, 1942. Fortunately, American shipyards, working around the clock, were already turning out more carriers that would take the place of those that had gone to the ocean’s floor in a blaze of glory.

2019年3月13日 · 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.

Aircraft Carrier USS Wasp (CV-7) on fire shortly after being torpedoed.

2019年3月19日 · Nearly 14,000 feet below the surface of the South Pacific, a remote-controlled research craft has glimpsed the hull of an aircraft carrier, the USS Wasp, that hadn’t been seen since 1942.

2019年3月13日 · Wasp was sunk on Sept. 15, 1942, by two, possibly three, torpedoes from the Japanese submarine I-19 while escorting transports carrying the Seventh Marine Regiment to Guadalcanal as...

2019年3月14日 · A deep sea exploration team responsible for locating a string of World War II shipwrecks across the Pacific has uncovered yet another major find, the aircraft carrier USS Wasp. Wasp was sunk...

2019年3月13日 · Wasp was sunk on Sept. 15, 1942, by two, possibly three, torpedoes from the Japanese submarine I-19 while escorting transports carrying the Seventh Marine Regiment to Guadalcanal as...