#USS WASP

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"Navy divers assisting Gemini-6 crew members Stafford and Schirra to open hatches after landing in the Atlantic."

Date: December 16, 1965

NASA ID: S65-61886

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USS WASP (CVS-18) at sea in the Atlantic, with two SH-3 Sea King helicopters flying by in the foreground.

Photographed by Ph2 Stabe.

Date: May 9, 1969

U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command: NH 97510

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Hornet Class Ortho Views by Away Team Gear

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USS Wasp capturing HMS Neptune, 2.June 1814, by Stan Stokes (1950-)

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Action between USS 'Wasp' and HMS 'Reindeer', 28 June 1814, Edwin Hayes.

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USS WASP (LHD-1)

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4D Model - 1/1500 - Wasp Class - USS Wasp - Landing Helicopter Deck

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Colorized photo of LSO's bringing a fighter into trap on board USS Wasp CV-7 before she was torpedoed by Japanese submarine I-19

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The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Coral Sea (CV-43), foreground, and the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD-1) sail alongside one another. The Coral Sea was returning to Norfolk, Virginia (USA), at the end of her last deployment before her decommissioning, whereas the Wasp had been commissioned only two months before the photo was taken.

Date 28 September 1989..USN Image/PH3 Rick Stamm, USN

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A US Navy F-2 Banshee from the USS Coral Sea vandalized by the crew of the USS Wasp after landing on the wrong ship.

@ron_eisele via X

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An SB2C Helldiver from Bombing Squadron VB-86 approaching the USS Wasp, an Essex-class carrier, near Japan in 1945.

@AcePilotAV via X

[lonestarflight]

"Gemini-7 (left) and Gemini-6 Aspacecraft meet up once again, this time at Mayport Naval Station near Jacksonville (Fla.) after unloading from the carrier USS WASP. The two spacecraft accomplished a rendezvous and station keeping exercise in space on December 15."

Date: December 20, 1965

NASA ID: S65-65948

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USS Wasp (CVS-18) departing the South Boston Naval Annex, Boston, Massachusetts. She was heading, via the Virginia Capes operating area, to Valencia, Spain. Where she then cruised the Mediterranean, visiting ports in Spain, France, and Italy, and returned home on December 18.

Note: YTM 367 is in the first photo.

Date: September 7, 1964

Collection of Dick Leonhardt: link, link, link, link, link, link, link, link

Information from Wikipedia: link

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USS Wasp by White Rooster Productions

[ltwilliammowett]

"Battle at Moonlight" by Maarten Platje (1967-)

The painting depicts the action between the sloops USS Wasp & HMS Avon on 1st September 1814.

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President Joe Biden is weighing more US defenses in the Middle East as the US prepares for an Iranian retaliation against Israel that officials say could include an attack on American forces.

In a phone call with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Thursday, Biden said the US would “support Israel’s defense against threats,” which would include “new defensive US military deployments,” according to a readout of the call.[...]

The USS Theodore Roosevelt carrier strike group, which includes the aircraft carrier, destroyers and other warships, has been operating in the Gulf of Oman in recent weeks. The strike group could potentially move into the Gulf of Aden or the Red Sea, where Navy warships have intercepted dozens of Houthi launches over the past several months.

The USS Wasp amphibious assault ship and several other Navy vessels are currently operating in the Mediterranean Sea. The group includes a Marine expeditionary unit capable of carrying out an evacuation of American citizens from Lebanon if the US ordered such an evacuation.

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) promised a “harsh” and “painful” response to the assassination. Israel has not commented on the killing.[...]

Israel Defense Forces spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari said that “international partners” have bolstered their forces in the region, though he did not specify which countries.

“We have very good defense systems,” he said of Israel’s own preparations for an attack, “and in addition we have international partners who have reinforced their forces [deployed] in the region, to help us counter the threats.”

A Defense Department spokesman said Thursday the Pentagon has no information to provide on the movement of US forces or changes to force condition at this time.[...]

A coalition of countries, including Jordan and other Arab states, came together in April to share intelligence and intercept the Iranian barrage. But officials say it’s unclear if such a coalition could be stood up again so quickly and whether all of the countries are willing to participate once again.

Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah hinted that a coordinated attack on Israel could be in the works after Israel assassinated one of its top commanders in Beirut less than 24 hours before the killing of Haniyeh.

“Because they have picked a fight with everyone, they don’t know where the response will come from … the response will come separately or coordinated,” he said in a speech Thursday.

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