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
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
Japanese submarine I-19
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I-19 was a Japanese Type B1 submarine which damaged and destroyed several enemy ships during World War II while serving in the Imperial Japanese Navy. During the Guadalcanal Campaign, with a single to
USS Wasp (CV-7)
…at the battles of Coral Sea and Midway. After supporting the invasion of Guadalcanal, Wasp was hit by two or three torpedoes from Japanese submarine I-19 on 15 September 1942. The resulting damage set off several explosions, destroyed her water-mains and knocked out the ship's power. As a result, her…
I-19 in 1943
O'Brien hit by torpedo as USS Wasp burns. Both ships were torpedoed and sunk by I-19.