USS Wasp CV-18 / CVA-18 / CVS-18

Type:
Aircraft Carrier
Class:
Builder:
Bethlehem Steel Corp.
Quincy, Massachusetts
Hull Number:
CV-18
CVA-18 (Oct. 1, 1952)
CVS-18 (Nov. 1, 1956)
Ordered:
September 9, 1940
Commissioned:
November 24, 1943
Keel Laid:
March 18, 1942 (a)
Decommissioned:
July 1, 1972
Launched:
August 17, 1943
Stricken:
July 1, 1972
Fate:
Sold May 21, 1973 to Union Minerals and Alloys, New York, New York and scrapped.
Notes
(a):
Laid down as Oriskany, renamed Wasp Nov. 13, 1942.


Builder's Data
Page published June 26, 2011