What You Need to Know: The USS Wasp (CV-18), an Essex-class aircraft carrier, earned a remarkable eight battle stars and numerous commendations for her service during World War II, including ...

Originally to be named USS Oriskany, she was instead named to honor the USS Wasp (CV-7) that was lost in September 1942 in the southwestern Pacific while supporting forces on Guadalcanal. She was ...

TH-57 lands aboard decommissioned aircraft carrier to join Museum collection as the U.S. Navy Navy transitions to the new ...

The USS Wasp (CV-7)entered service in 1940. It was a Yorktown-class aircraft carrier and was stationed in the Atlantic Ocean at the onset of America's engagement in World War II.