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Download or read book The Aircraft Carrier USS Wasp CV 18 written by James S. Ferris and published by Turner. This book was released on 1991 with total page 105 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Follow the historic narrative from the laying of the keel of the Mighty Stinger through World War II to its inactivation. Hundreds of photographs taken by U.S. Navy photographers document the action including typhoon encounters & the shooting down of the last kamikaze. This is a reprint of the World War II edition.

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Download or read book Stingers Tale written by Wasp (Aircraft carrier : CVS-18) and published by . This book was released on 1955* with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Passenger Regulations Aboard the USS Wasp written by and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Description: Passenger Regulations aboard the USS Wasp, Second Edition. Issued to Smith on his journey home from overseas. Includes a history of the aircraft carrier U.S.S. Wasp (CV-18), a statistical summary, and passenger regulations regarding emergencies, police, health and sanitation, drinking water, restricted articles including pets and cameras, etc.

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Download or read book Essex Class Aircraft Carriers written by Source Wikipedia and published by University-Press.org. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 71. Chapters: USS Wasp, Essex class aircraft carrier, USS Yorktown, USS Ticonderoga, USS Intrepid, USS Oriskany, USS Hancock, USS Lexington, USS Franklin, USS Hornet, USS Essex, USS Randolph, USS Antietam, USS Philippine Sea, USS Bennington, USS Kearsarge, USS Bunker Hill, USS Boxer, SCB-27, USS Leyte, USS Bon Homme Richard, SCB-125, USS Reprisal. Excerpt: USS Wasp (CV/CVA/CVS-18) was one of 24 Essex-class aircraft carriers built during World War II for the United States Navy. The ship, the ninth US Navy ship to bear the name, was originally named Oriskany, but was renamed while under construction in honor of the previous Wasp (CV-7), which was sunk 15 September 1942. Wasp was commissioned in November 1943, and served in several campaigns in the Pacific Theater of Operations, earning eight battle stars. Like many of her sister ships, she was decommissioned shortly after the end of the war, but was modernized and recommissioned in the early 1950s as an attack carrier (CVA), and then eventually became an antisubmarine carrier (CVS). In her second career she operated mainly in the Atlantic, Mediterranean, and Caribbean. She played a prominent role in the manned space program, serving as the recovery ship for three missions: Gemini VI, VII, and IX. She was retired in 1972 and sold for scrap in 1973. The ship was laid down on 18 March 1942 at Quincy, Massachusetts, by the Bethlehem Steel Company, and renamed Wasp on 13 November 1942. She was launched on 17 August 1943, sponsored by Miss Julia M. Walsh, the sister of Senator David I. Walsh of Massachusetts, and commissioned on 24 November 1943, Captain Clifton A. F. Sprague in command. Following a shakedown cruise which lasted through the end of 1943, Wasp returned to Boston for a brief yard period to correct minor flaws which had been discovered during her time at sea. On 10 January...

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Download or read book Papers written by William K. Waters and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Correspondence regards his hospitalization due to post war traumatic stress and personal and family matters. Photographs are of the USS WASP, its crew, scenes of the South Pacific and North Africa, and family. Miscellany includes citations, honorable discharge from the U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps, lists of crew members, log of movements of USS WASP, table of Navy decorations and medals, print of USS WASP (LHD 1), newspapers, including The WASPIRIT, 1985, and VJ Day of the ship's papers, 1945, postcards of the Everglades, ID from the USS WASP, membership cards, and RI Chauffeur's license.

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