Wasp Class Aircraft Carriers Class Overview |
Name |
Builder |
Launched |
Commissioned |
|
Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation Quincy, Massachusetts |
Apr. 4, 1939 |
Apr. 25, 1940 |
||
Fate |
||||
Sunk Sept. 15, 1942. Damaged by 3 torpedoes from I-19 and scuttled by
USS Lansdowne DD-486. Location: South Pacific, 268 miles southeast of Guadalcanal Island, Solomon Islands. (12.25S - 164.08E) 193 crewmen killed, 1,946 survivors removed by USS Helena CL-50, USS Salt Lake City CA-35,USS Laffey DD-459, USS Lansdowne DD-486. |
Page revised Jan. 11, 2008 |