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 ...

Eugene A. Cernan, USN. The mission included 45 orbits over three days. Recovery was by USS Wasp (CVS-18). Today in U.S. 1862 - Confederate torpedo (mine) sinks USS Cairo in Yazoo River.

The USS Juneau was ... After this, Wasp headed west to the Pacific by traversing the Panama Canal, stocking up at San Diego, and arriving in Tonga on July 18. Almost two months later, after ...

In December, the guided-missile cruiser USS Gettysburg mistakenly shot down an F/A-18 after ships earlier shot down multiple Houthi drones and an anti-ship cruise missile launched by the rebels.

An F/A-18 fighter jet landing on the USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier in the Red Sea went overboard, forcing its two pilots to eject, a defense official told The Associated Press on Wednesday ...

All of which brings to mind Fleet Week 2007, when Journal News reporter Yaron Steinbuch and photographer Peter Carr boarded the USS Wasp, a multipurpose amphibious assault ship that steamed into ...

Here's what there is to know about the Navy's F/A-18 Super Hornet, and how much money has now been lost at sea. An F/A-18E Super Hornet is pictured after landing on board the USS Eisenhower.