#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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The bow of USS HORNET (CV-12) being cut off to repair the damage bow of USS WASP (CV-18) at the New York Navy Yard.

"On April 26, 1952, WASP collided with destroyer minesweeper USS HOBSON (DMS-26) while conducting night flight operations in the Atlantic, en route to Gibraltar. HOBSON was cut in two and sank. Rapid rescue operations saved 61 men, but Hobson lost 176 of her crew, including her skipper. Although WASP sustained no personnel casualties her hull was severely damaged, with a 30 x 50-foot bite gouged out of the bow. With the carrier urgently needed for duty in the Mediterranean, preparations for repairs were begun immediately.

WASP carefully proceeded to Bayonne, N.J., entered drydock there on May 8 and her damaged bow was cleared out with blow torches. The following day, the bow of HORNET —then undergoing conversion in Brooklyn, N.Y.— was cut off and floated by barge across the bay. It was fitted into position under WASP that afternoon, with steel plates to close any remaining gaps, and workers began round-the-clock welding operations. This remarkable repair task, which including replacing 61 lifeboats and refitting the carrier's anchor chain, was completed in only 10 days, enabling the carrier to get underway on May 21. Shifting south to Norfolk, the crew spent a short three days preparing for deployment and WASP sailed east across the Atlantic on May 24."

Photographed on May 8, 1952.

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Hornet Class Ortho Views by Away Team Gear

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P-40B Hawks of the 8th Pursuit Group 33rd Pursuit Squadron headed for Iceland aboard USS Wasp (CV-7) July 24th 1941

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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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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.

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

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"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) 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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USS Wasp by White Rooster Productions

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

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