THE U SS WASP (CV, 7) IN RETROSPECTIVE by Robert S . Page dedicated to the memory of the crew and the one of a kind WW II aircraft carrier, USS WASP (CV-7).
McLellan was on WASP. Note deck crewmen holding the plane back. John W. Reeves, Jr., in command. Measuring 688 feet in length, the Wasp was designed as a reduced-size variation of the Yorktown class of aircraft carriers. The eighth Wasp (CV-7) was laid down on 1 April 1936 at Quincy, Mass., by the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Co.; launched on 4 April 1939; sponsored by Mrs. Charles Edison, the wife of Assistant Secretary of the Navy Charles Edison; and commissioned on 25 April 1940 at the Army Quartermaster Base, South Boston, Mass., Capt. It carried a complement of 2,167 officers and men during wartime, and held up to 100 aircraft. Jun 28, 2020 - Explore paul jacobson's board "U.S.S. This was Wasp’s second Malta reinforcement mission. My Daddy, C.J. Egan On 27 March 1934, Congress authorized the U.S. Navy to construct an air-craft carrier of approximately -15,000 tons to replace the aging LANGLEY. USS Wasp (CV-7) was a United States Navy aircraft carrier commissioned in 1940 and lost in action in 1942. Add Your Name to the CV-7 Crew Roster . A Grumman F4F-4 Wildcat is in the background. USS WASP (CV-7) Crew Links. wasp cv-7" on Pinterest. The USS Wasp (CV-7) was a conventionally aircraft carrier in service with the United States Navy during World War 2. See more ideas about Aircraft carrier, Wasp, Wwii aircraft.
About USS Wasp (CV-7) The USS Wasp was built by the Fore River shipyard in the mid-1930s, and was the only ship of its class. USS Wasp (CV-7). She was classified as a "light" fleet aircraft carrier and was completed with light armor protection but could ferry, launch and recover over 70 aircraft of various types. The new ship would actually be smaller than the preceeding CV5 Class units, and represented a return the size of the CV4, RANGER. HullNumber.com's mission is to provide a means for shipmates to keep in touch with one another. 18 talking about this. This new ship would not, however, duplicate the … Launching officer, Lieutenant David McCampbell, USN, gets the ready signal from the pilot of a British Royal Air Force Spitfire, just before it took off for Malta, 9 May 1942.