USS Wasp CV-18: A Fighting Carrier Her combat record saw her enter service in the spring of 1944, and she took part in the Mariana and Palau Islands campaign, followed by the Battle of the ...

Article Summary and Key Points: The USS Wasp (CV-7) was an aircraft carrier built under the constraints of the Washington Naval Treaty, which limited its size, armor, and survivability.

That’s the USS Wasp (CV-7). Although the boat was commissioned later in 1940, its design was heavily influenced by the Washington Naval Treaty. The treaty limited the size of fleets and ...

The USS Wasp (CV-7)entered service in 1940. It was a Yorktown-class aircraft carrier and was stationed in the Atlantic Ocean at the onset of America's engagement in World War II. While supporting ...

The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Wasp (CV-18) in drydock at Bayonne, New Jersey, showing the damage to the carrier’s bow from her 26 April 1952 collision with USS Hobson (DMS-26). Wasp ...

NORFOLK, Va. — The Norfolk-based amphibious assault ship USS Wasp is coming home on Friday after a 7-month deployment! The vessel -- with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit out of Camp Lejeune ...

1965 - River Patrol Force established in Vietnam. 1965 - Helicopters from HS-11 on USS Wasp (CVS-18) pick up crew and capsule of Gemini 7, after picking up the crew and capsule of Gemini 6 two ...

The group consisted of the flagship USS Wasp, a first-in-class amphibious assault ship; the USS New York, a San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship; and the USS Oak Hill, a Harpers Ferry ...

1965 - River Patrol Force established in Vietnam. 1965 - Helicopters from HS-11 on USS Wasp (CVS-18) pick up crew and capsule of Gemini 7, after picking up the crew and capsule of Gemini 6 two ...

NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) – The USS Wasp returned to Naval Station Norfolk July 28 after almost 18 months in dry-dock selected restricted availability. Click here to subscribe to WAVY’s Daily ...

The crew of the Oak Hill spent the last seven months deployed with the USS Wasp Amphibious Ready Group, which includes USS Wasp and USS New York. Those ships arrived in Hampton Roads on Friday ...