USS Wasp

E755782

aircraft carrier

USS Wasp was a United States Navy aircraft carrier that served prominently during the mid-20th century, supporting both combat operations and space mission recoveries.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
USS Wasp (CVS-18)	1
USS Wasp (CV-18)	0
USS Wasp (CV-7)	0

Statements (59)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	aircraft carrier ⓘ
awards	battle stars for Korean War service ⓘ battle stars for World War II service ⓘ
builder	Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation NERFINISHED ⓘ Bethlehem Steel NERFINISHED ⓘ
builtAt	Fore River Shipyard NERFINISHED ⓘ Fore River Shipyard NERFINISHED ⓘ
builtIn	Quincy, Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ Quincy, Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ
causeOfSinking	torpedoed by Japanese submarine I-19 ⓘ
commissioned	1940-04-25 ⓘ 1943-11-24 ⓘ
conflict	Cold War ⓘ Korean War ⓘ World War II ⓘ World War II ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
decommissioned	1972-07-01 ⓘ
fate	sold for scrap ⓘ sunk in action ⓘ
hullNumber	CV-18 NERFINISHED ⓘ CV-7 NERFINISHED ⓘ
laidDown	1936-04-01 ⓘ 1942-03-18 ⓘ
launched	1939-04-04 ⓘ 1943-08-17 ⓘ
length	about 688 feet ⓘ about 872 feet ⓘ
locationOfSinking	south of Guadalcanal ⓘ
namedAfter	USS Wasp (CV-7) NERFINISHED ⓘ earlier USS Wasp ships ⓘ wasp ⓘ
notableFor	supporting combat operations and space mission recoveries ⓘ
notableOperation	Fast carrier task force operations against Japan ⓘ Guadalcanal campaign support ⓘ Malta aircraft ferry missions ⓘ
operator	United States Navy ⓘ United States Navy ⓘ
propulsion	steam turbines ⓘ steam turbines ⓘ
reclassifiedAs	CVA-18 NERFINISHED ⓘ CVS-18 NERFINISHED ⓘ
role	anti-submarine warfare carrier ⓘ spacecraft recovery ship ⓘ
serviceEntryEra	World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ mid-20th century ⓘ
shipClass	Essex-class aircraft carrier NERFINISHED ⓘ Wasp-class aircraft carrier NERFINISHED ⓘ
spaceMissionRecovery	Gemini 4 NERFINISHED ⓘ Gemini 6A NERFINISHED ⓘ Gemini 7 NERFINISHED ⓘ Gemini 9A NERFINISHED ⓘ
spaceProgram	NASA Gemini program NERFINISHED ⓘ
sunkOn	1942-09-15 ⓘ
theater	Atlantic Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ Atlantic Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ Pacific Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ Pacific Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

Gemini 9A → recoveryShip → USS Wasp ⓘ

Gemini SC-4 → recoveryBy → USS Wasp ⓘ

this entity surface form: USS Wasp (CVS-18)