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
