USS Radford (DD-446)
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USS Radford, named for Rear Admiral William Radford, was a Fletcher-class destroyer in the United States Navy. Entering service in 1942 during World War II the ship also saw action during the Korean W
USS Radford (DD-446)
Launch of Fletcher and Radford, 3 May 1942
USS Radford returning to Tulagi with some survivors of the cruiser Helena on 6 July 1943
Radford off Korea in 1951.
USS Wasp (CV-7)
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USS Wasp was a United States Navy aircraft carrier commissioned in 1940 and lost in action in 1942. She was the eighth ship named USS Wasp, and the sole ship of a class built to use up the remaining t
USS Radford (DD-446)
…sunk at Kula Gulf. Radford depth charged and sank the Japanese submarine I-19, which had previously sunk destroyer USS O'Brien and the aircraft carrier USS Wasp, on 25 November 1943. The destroyer was damaged by a Japanese mine while supporting the liberation of Luzon in December 1944 and received a Presidential…
Wasp entering Hampton Roads
Wasp was the first carrier fitted with a deck-edge elevator.
P-40Bs aboard Wasp in October 1940
Wasp on 27 December 1940