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U.S.S. Wasp/CV-7
U.S.S. Wasp/CV-7
[Source: U.S. Navy]
USS Wasp (CV-7) was a United States Navy aircraft carrier. The eighth Navy ship of that name, she was the sole ship of her class. Built to use up the remaining tonnage allowed to the U.S. for aircraft carriers under the treaties of the time, she was built on a reduced-size version of the Yorktown-class hull.

Name: USS Wasp
Class: Wasp
Hull Number: 7
Namesake: USS Wasp (1814)
Builder: Fore River Shipyard
 Laid down: 1 April 1936
Launched: 4 April 1939
Commissioned: 25 April 1940
Decommissioned: 15 September 1942
Fate: Sunk by IJN I-19, 15 September 1942
Sources:
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