U.S.S. Wasp
CV-7
1942
(Neptun 1312)
- Class: Wasp - 1 aircraft carrier of 1935
- Displacement: 14,700 tons
- Dimensions: 688(wl) 741.25(oa) x 80.75 x 20 ft.
- Machinery: 2-shaft geared turbines, S.H.P. 75,000 = 29.5 knots
- Armament: 8-5"/38 (8x1), 16-1.1" (4x4), 24-.50cal AA guns
- Aircraft: 84
- Complement: 1,800
- Builder: Bethlehem Shipbuilding, Quincy MA
- Keel Laid: 1 Apr 1936
- Launched: 4 Apr 1939
- Commissioned: 25 Apr 1940
- Sunk: 15 Sep 1942
- Actions: Assigned to Atlantic Fleet in 1941. Delivered about 100 Spitfires to Malta in two missions Mar-May 1942. Sent to Pacific in Jun 1942 and covered the Guadalcanal landings in Aug. While continuing to support the Marines on Guadalcanal, she was struck by three torpedoes from Japanese submarine I-19, abandoned, and scuttled by torpedoes from destroyer Lansdowne 15 Sep 1942.
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