The first of two aircraft carriers in WWII to be named Wasp, the ship was commissioned in 1940 and lost in action in 1942. A smaller version of the Yorktown-class carriers, the Wasp began in the ...

What You Need to Know: The USS Wasp (CV-7), shaped by the limitations of the 1922 Washington Naval Treaty, is often cited as ...

What You Need to Know: The USS Wasp (CV-18), an Essex-class aircraft carrier, earned a remarkable eight battle stars and numerous commendations for her service during World War II, including ...

World War II ... these carriers were equipped with a combination of anti-aircraft guns, such as the 40 mm Bofors, which provided reliable protection against aerial threats. The Wasp-class of ...

In the latest update for the American Naval history books, the research vessel Petrel revealed it also found the World War II aircraft carrier USS Wasp. We're 2.5 miles down, peering inside the ...

Summary and What You Need to Know: The Essex-class aircraft carriers proved their worth in World War II, setting a standard ... designs like the Yorktown and Wasp classes. -With enhanced flight ...

When The New York Times Magazine published my story about the hunt for the wreck of the U.S.S. Wasp, an aircraft carrier sunk by torpedoes in the Pacific during World War II, I expected a certain ...

Wreckage of USS Wasp (CV-7). Photo released by R/V Petrel. The late Paul Allen’s research team announced they found the wreckage of the World War II-era aircraft carrier USS Wasp (CV-7 ...

Nearly 14,000 feet below the surface of the South Pacific, a remote-controlled research craft has glimpsed the hull of an aircraft carrier, the USS Wasp ... another World War II-era shipwreck ...

(CNN) -- Nearly 14,000 feet below the surface of the South Pacific, a remote-controlled research craft has glimpsed the hull of an aircraft carrier, the USS Wasp ... World War II-era shipwreck ...

Because of these limitations from the arms control agreement in 1922, the U.S. Navy developed what many believe to be the worst aircraft carrier ever built. That’s the USS Wasp (CV-7).

Nearly 14,000 feet below the surface of the South Pacific, a remote-controlled research craft has glimpsed the hull of an aircraft carrier, the USS Wasp ... another World War II-era shipwreck ...