USS Wasp (CV-7)

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aircraft carrier warship

USS Wasp (CV-7) was a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier that served in the Atlantic and Pacific during World War II before being sunk by a Japanese submarine in 1942.

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Label	Occurrences
USS Wasp (CV-7) canonical	4

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	aircraft carrier ⓘ warship ⓘ
airGroupSize	about 70–80 aircraft ⓘ
armament	8 × 5-inch/38 caliber guns ⓘ anti-aircraft guns ⓘ
awarded	2 battle stars ⓘ
battle	Guadalcanal campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ
builder	Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation NERFINISHED ⓘ
builtAt	Fore River Shipyard NERFINISHED ⓘ
causeOfDestruction	torpedo attack ⓘ
class	Wasp-class aircraft carrier NERFINISHED ⓘ
commissionedOn	1940-04-25 ⓘ
conflict	World War II ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
crewComplement	about 2,000 officers and enlisted ⓘ
dateOfSinking	1942-09-15 ⓘ
decommissionedOn	1942-09-15 ⓘ
designConstraint	Washington Naval Treaty tonnage limits ⓘ
displacement	about 14,700 tons standard ⓘ
fate	sunk by torpedoes ⓘ
hullNumber	CV-7 NERFINISHED ⓘ
laidDownOn	1936-04-01 ⓘ
launchedOn	1939-04-04 ⓘ
length	about 688 feet ⓘ
maximumSpeed	about 29 knots ⓘ
namedAfter	wasp ⓘ
navalRegistry	United States Navy hull classification symbol CV-7 ⓘ
notableOperation	Malta aircraft ferry missions ⓘ Operation Bowery NERFINISHED ⓘ Operation Calendar NERFINISHED ⓘ
operator	United States Navy ⓘ
partOf	U.S. Atlantic Fleet NERFINISHED ⓘ U.S. Pacific Fleet NERFINISHED ⓘ
placeOfSinking	Solomon Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ south of San Cristóbal Island ⓘ
precededBy	Yorktown-class aircraft carrier NERFINISHED ⓘ
propulsion	steam turbines ⓘ
role	aircraft transport to Malta ⓘ carrier air support ⓘ
serviceEntryEra	interwar period ⓘ
sponsoredBy	Annie Reid Knox NERFINISHED ⓘ
succeededBy	Essex-class aircraft carrier NERFINISHED ⓘ
successorShipName	USS Wasp (CV-18) NERFINISHED ⓘ
sunkBy	Japanese submarine I-19 NERFINISHED ⓘ
theater	Atlantic Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ Mediterranean Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ Pacific Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

USS Wasp (CV-18) → namedAfter → USS Wasp (CV-7) ⓘ

Imperial Japanese Navy submarine I-19 → engagedShip → USS Wasp (CV-7) ⓘ

Imperial Japanese Navy submarine I-19 → sank → USS Wasp (CV-7) ⓘ

CV-9 → precededBy → USS Wasp (CV-7) ⓘ

subject surface form: USS Essex (CV-9)