USS Wasp CV-18 / CVA-18 / CVS-18 |
Type: |
Aircraft Carrier |
Class: |
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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. |
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Notes |
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(a): |
Laid down as Oriskany, renamed Wasp Nov. 13, 1942. |
Builder's Data |
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Page published June 26, 2011 |