The USS Wasp (CV-7)entered service in 1940. It was a Yorktown-class aircraft carrier and was stationed in the Atlantic Ocean at the onset of America's engagement in World War II. While supporting ...
Once a symbol of American power, the USS Wasp met a sudden and violent end in World War II. Its sinking remains one of the Navy’s most haunting losses.
The amphibious assault ship USS Wasp has made its way through the Strait of Gibraltar into the eastern Mediterranean Sea as the United States positions its warships to attempt to prevent the fighting ...