USS Wasp

USS Wasp (CV/CVA/CVS-18) was one of 24 Essex-class aircraft carriers built during World War II for the United States Navy. The ship, the ninth US Navy ship to bear the name, was originally named Oriskany, but was renamed while under construction in honor of the previous Wasp (CV-7), which was sunk 15 September 1942. Wasp was commissioned in November 1943, and served in several campaigns in the Pacific Theater of Operations, earning eight battle stars. Like many of her sister ships, she was decommissioned shortly after the end of the war, but was modernized and recommissioned in the early 1950s as an attack carrier (CVA), and then eventually became an antisubmarine carrier (CVS). In her second career, she operated mainly in the Atlantic, Mediterranean, and Caribbean. She played a prominent role in the manned space program, serving as the recovery ship for five Project Gemini missions: Gemini IV, Gemini VI, Gemini VII, Gemini IX, and Gemini XII. She was retired in 1972, and sold for scrap in 1973.

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CV-18; CV-18
speed 32.7 knot, length 265.8 metre, mass 36200 ton, mass 27100 ton, beam 28.3 metre, draft 8.6 metre,
aircraft carrier, Essex-class (short bow), United States Navy, Fore River Shipyard,

Location: KML, Cluster Map, Maps,

1943-11-24T00:00:00Z

ship commissioning

1947-02-17T00:00:00Z

ship decommissioning

1972-07-01T00:00:00Z

ship decommissioning

1943-08-17T00:00:00Z

ship launching

1939-09-01T00:00:00Z

World War II Q362

1942-03-18T00:00:00Z

keel laying

1951-09-28T00:00:00Z

ship recommissioning

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USS Wasp (CVA-18) overhead view c1954

USS Wasp (CVA-18) at sea in the Far East on 5 January 1955

View of the parking apron at Naval Air Rework Facility Quonset Point, Rhode Island (USA), in 1963 (89570472)

Essex-class carrier modernisations 1944-1960

USS Wasp (CVS-18) with DESRON 36 underway c1961

USS Wasp (CV-18) at anchor in Ulithi Atoll on 8 December 1944 (80-G-294131)

USS Wasp (CVS-18) underway at sea, circa in early 1967 (NH 97509)

Murderers row at Ulithi Atoll - US Third fleet carriers at anchor on 8 December 1944 (80-G-294131)

US Navy ASW Task Group Bravo underway c1961

USS WASP - Comments on Air Group 14 air opers against Luzon Island, Philippines, 11-5-6-44 - DPLA - bd000560cc97b6c037447211c8361631

Type	Subtype	Description	Source

commons	image	USS Wasp (CVA-18) overhead view c1954	Commons
commons	image	USS Wasp (CVA-18) at sea in the Far East on 5 January 1955	Commons
commons	image	View of the parking apron at Naval Air Rework Facility Quonset Point, Rhode Island (USA), in 1963 (89570472)	Commons
commons	image	Essex-class carrier modernisations 1944-1960	Commons
commons	image	USS Wasp (CVS-18) with DESRON 36 underway c1961	Commons
commons	image	USS Wasp (CV-18) at anchor in Ulithi Atoll on 8 December 1944 (80-G-294131)	Commons
commons	image	USS Wasp (CVS-18) underway at sea, circa in early 1967 (NH 97509)	Commons
commons	image	Murderers row at Ulithi Atoll - US Third fleet carriers at anchor on 8 December 1944 (80-G-294131)	Commons
commons	image	US Navy ASW Task Group Bravo underway c1961	Commons
commons	image	USS WASP - Comments on Air Group 14 air opers against Luzon Island, Philippines, 11-5-6-44 - DPLA - bd000560cc97b6c037447211c8361631	Commons

USS Wasp

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