Category:USS Wasp (CV-7)

**USS Wasp**
	1941 unique aircraft carrier of the United States Navy
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Instance of	aircraft carrier;
Named after	wasps;
Operator	United States Navy;
Has part(s)	belt armor (3.5 inch); protective deck (steering, 50 pounds per square foot); armor (conning tower, 60 pounds per square foot); aircraft elevator (3); hydraulic aircraft catapult (4);
Manufacturer	Fore River Shipyard; Bethlehem Steel;
Location of creation	Quincy;
Country of registry	United States of America;
Significant event	keel laying (1936); ship launching (1939); ship commissioning (1940); striking (1942);
Powered by	steam boiler (6, 565 pound per square inch); steam turbine; drive shaft (2, 75,000 metric horsepower);
Mass	14,700 tn. sh. (standard displacement); 19,116 tn. sh. (full-load displacement);
Beam	24.6 m;
Draft	6.1 m;
Width	33.2 m;
Length	225.9 m;
Speed	29.5 kn;
Cause of destruction	scuttling; I-19 attack on USS Wasp;
Replaces	USS Langley;
Different from	USS Wasp ; USS Wasp; USS Wasp; USS Wasp; USS Wasp; USS Wasp; USS Wasp; USS Wasp; USS Wasp; USS Wasp;
	12° 24′ 58″ S, 164° 08′ 00″ E
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English: USS Wasp (CV-7) was an aircraft carrier commissioned in the United States Navy.

English: There have been 10 vessels named USS Wasp. This was the eighth.

Subcategories

This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total.

A

Aboard USS Wasp (CV-7)‎ (26 F)

S

Sinking of USS Wasp (CV-7), 15 September 1942‎ (8 F)

Pages in category "USS Wasp (CV-7)"

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USS Wasp (CV-7)

Media in category "USS Wasp (CV-7)"

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ARRIVAL OF POWERFUL AMERICAN TASK FORCE TO OPERATE WITH HOME FLEET. 3 AND 4 APRIL 1942, ON BOARD HMS EDINBURGH, IN MID-ATLANTIC. THE TASK FORCE IS UNDER THE COMMAND OF REAR ADMIRAL R G GRIFFEN. A9234.jpg 800 × 728; 69 KB
US warships in Hvalfjörður anchorage on 6 October 1941.jpg 5,706 × 4,274; 7.3 MB
USS Idaho (BB-42) and the USS Wasp (CV-7) anchored at Hvalfjord, Iceland in October 1941.jpg 799 × 598; 257 KB
USS Wasp (CV-7) - 19-N-27320.tiff 6,234 × 5,018; 29.84 MB
USS Wasp (CV-7) anchored at Guantanamo Bay on 27 October 1940 (NH 43462).jpg 5,484 × 4,105; 7.71 MB
USS Wasp (CV-7) anchored at Guantanamo Bay on 27 October 1940 (NH 43463).jpg 5,417 × 3,767; 2.72 MB
USS Wasp (CV-7) anchored at Hvalfjörður, Iceland, in October 1941.jpg 792 × 594; 199 KB
USS Wasp (CV-7) anchored in Guantanamo Bay 27th October 1940. (49035979146).jpg 5,417 × 3,767; 1.17 MB
USS Wasp (CV-7) at sea off Guadalcanal 1942.jpg 850 × 405; 207 KB
USS Wasp (CV-7) bow 1940.jpg 1,785 × 1,463; 368 KB
USS Wasp (CV-7) en route to sea from Guantanamo Bay, circa in 1940 (NH 43464).jpg 5,503 × 4,142; 7.66 MB
USS Wasp (CV-7) entering Hampton Roads on 26 May 1942.jpg 5,717 × 4,284; 8.41 MB
USS Wasp (CV-7) in at anchor in Casco Bay, Maine (USA), 25 March 1942 (80-G-K-448).jpg 5,579 × 4,593; 12.4 MB
USS Wasp (CV-7) in at anchor in Casco Bay, Maine (USA), on 25 March 1942 (80-G-K-447).jpg 9,194 × 4,190; 17.84 MB
USS Wasp (CV-7) in Casco Bay, Maine (USA), circa early 1942 (NH 91119).jpg 5,432 × 4,074; 6.17 MB
USS Wasp (CV-7) insignia, circa in 1940 (80-G-261334).png 3,463 × 4,926; 3.2 MB
USS Wasp (CV-7) off the Norfolk Navy Yard 1942.jpg 5,660 × 4,190; 7.97 MB
USS Wasp (CV-7) on 27 December 1940 (520814).jpg 2,869 × 2,151; 3.36 MB
USS Wasp (CV-7) on Navy Day 1940.jpg 1,836 × 1,373; 1.17 MB
USS Wasp (CV-7) with other warships at Scapa Flow in April 1942.jpg 5,645 × 4,302; 9.01 MB
USS Wasp (CV-7), USS North Carolina (BB-55) and USS Washington (BB-56) in at anchor in Casco Bay, Maine (USA), 25 March 1942 (80-G-K-451).jpg 9,770 × 6,809; 27.52 MB
USS Wichita (CA-45) and USS Wasp (CV-7) in Scapa Flow in April 1942.jpg 5,727 × 4,313; 8.32 MB
Wasp (CV7). Port bow, 12-27-1940 - NARA - 520814.jpg 3,000 × 2,361; 1.6 MB