Petrel just needs to find Langley, and then all original Pre-War USN Carriers sunk during the war will be found, and that will be a special occasion.
25K likes. The ship's official web site is: www.wasp.navy.mil The ARG is comprised of the USS Wasp (LHD 1), amphibious transport dock USS Green Bay (LPD 20), and amphibious assault ship USS Ashland (LSD 48). This is the official Facebook Page of USS Wasp (LHD 1).
During the cooperative deployment, ARG ships and JS Kunisaki conducted communication and maneuvering drills.
The aircraft carrier Wasp (CV 7) pictured burning after being struck by torpedoes launched from the Japanese submarine I-19. In January 1942, Chaplain M.M. USS WASP LHD 1, Norfolk, Virginia. SEATTLE, Wash. - Wreckage from USS Wasp (CV 7) was discovered Jan. 14, 2019, by the expedition crew aboard the late Paul G. Allen’s research vessel (R/V) Petrel. She was the sole ship of her class. The eighth USS Wasp (CV-7) was a United States Navy aircraft carrier. Wasp was sunk on Sept. 15, 1942, by two, possibly three, torpedoes from the Japanese submarine I-19 while escorting transports carrying the Seventh Marine Regiment to Guadalcanal as reinforcements. The USS Wasp (CV-7) was laid down on 1 April 1936, and commissioned on 25 April 1940.The [exceptionally small] aircraft carrier was built according to proportions agreed upon at the Washington Naval Conference in 1922.
061030-N-0000X-002 File Photo (Feb. 14, 1942) - USS Wahoo (SS 238) is launched at Mare Island Navy Yard, Calif., just eight months after her keel was laid. Looking at the photos of Wasp's wreck and listening to Celtic Woman's May It Be made for a real tear-jerking moment, knowing that all four have finally been found. Earlier this year, for example, experts from the research vessel discovered the wreck of World War II aircraft carrier USS Wasp in the Coral Sea more than 70 …
posted in History Up Close on September 15, 2017 in History Up Close on 9/15/2017. (6) USS Astoria (CA-34), Sunk August 9, 1942 during the Battle of Savo Island, Approximate Location 9 °1 2’33”S, 159 ° 52’3”E: Update: The wreck of the USS Astoria was discovered in early 2015 during a sonar mapping project of Iron Bottom Sound lead by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen. The Sinking of USS Wasp. Built to use up the remaining tonnage allowed to the United States for aircraft carriers under the treaties of the time, she was built on a reduced-size version of the Yorktown class hull.
Deep sea explorers discover USS Wasp Deep sea explorers found the USS Hornet in the South Pacific earlier this year, but the Hornet was not the only ship located on that expedition.