USS Wasp (CV-18) - USS Wasp (CV-18) (image here) Career Laid down: 18 March 1942 Launched: 17 August 1943 Commissioned: 24 November 1943 Decommissioned: 1 July 1972 Fate: scrapped General Characteristics Displacement: 27,100 tons Length: 872 ft (266 m) Beam: 93 ft (28.4 m) Extreme Width: 147.5 ft (45 m) Draft: 28.7 ft (8.8 m) Speed: 32.7 knots Complement: 3,448 officers and men Armament: 12 x 5-inch guns, 40 x 40mm guns, 55 x 20mm guns Aircraft: 80+ The ninth USS Wasp (CV-18) of the United States Navy was an Essex-class aircraft carrier. The ship was laid down as Oriskany on 18 March 1942 at Quincy, Massachusetts, by the Bethlehem Steel Company; renamed Wasp on 13 November 1942, in honor of her fallen predecessor CV-7, launched on 17 August 1943,.
USS Wasp (CV-7) - USS Wasp (CV-7) (add image here) Career Laid down: 1 April 1936 Launched: 4 April 1939 Commissioned: 25 April 1940 Fate: sunk General Characteristics Displacement: 14,700 tons Length: 741.3 ft Beam: 80.7 ft Extreme Width: 109 ft Draft: 20 ft Speed: 29.5 knots Complement: 2,367 officers and men Armament: 8 x 6-inch guns, 16 x 1.1-inch guns, 16 x .50-cal MGs Aircraft: 80 The eighth USS Wasp (CV-7) was a United States Navy aircraft carrier. She was laid down on 1 April 1936 at Quincy, Massachusetts, by the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Company, launched on 4 April 1939, sponsored by Carolyn Edison (wife of Assistant Secretary of the Navy Charles Edison), and commissioned on 25 April 1940 at the Army Quartermaster Base, South Boston, Massachusetts, Captain John W..
USS Wasp - USS Wasp Ten ships of the United States Navy have borne the name USS Wasp. The first Wasp was a merchant schooner originally named Scorpion and purchased by the Continental Navy in late 1775. Wasp and sister ship Hornet set sail from Baltimore on January 14, 1776, becoming the first ships from the Continental Fleet to set to sea. Wasp served the Continental Navy well capturing many vessels to include: HMS Betsy, HMS Leghorn Galley and Two Brothers. Wasp also recaptured USS Success, previously taken by HMS Roebuck. In the fall of 1777, Wasp was run aground, set on fire and destroyed when its gunpowder exploded. The second Wasp was a sloop constructed in 1806 and commissioned some time in 1807. Wasp operated along the coast.
USS Yorktown (CV-5) - USS Yorktown (CV-5) (add image here) Career Laid down: 21 May 1934 Launched: 4 April 1936 Commissioned: 30 September 1937 Decommissioned: N/A Fate: Sunk by Japanese at Battle of Midway General Characteristics Displacement: 19,800 tons Length: 809 ft 6 in Beam: 83 ft 1 in Extreme Width: Draft: 28.0 ft Speed: 32.5 knots Complement: 2,919 officers and men Armament: 8 x 5-inch guns, 22 x .50cal machine guns Aircraft: 81-85 Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Early Career 2 World War II 2.1 Battle of the Coral Sea 2.2 Battle of Midway 2.3 General Characteristics 2.4 External Links Early Career The third USS Yorktown (CV-5) was an aircraft carrier of World War II, sunk at the Battle of Midway. She was laid down on 21 May 1934.
USS Hornet (CV-8) - USS Hornet (CV-8) (add image here) Career Laid down: 25 September 1939 Launched: 14 December 1940 Commissioned: 20 October 1941 Fate: Sunk: 27 October 1942 General Characteristics Displacement: 19,800 tons Length: 809.8 ft Extreme Width: 144 ft Draft: 21.7 ft Speed: 33 knots Complement: 1,889 officers and men Armament: 8 x 5-inch guns (open single mounts), 16 x 1.1-inch MGs (four quad "Chicago Piano" mounts) Aircraft: ?? The seventh USS Hornet (CV-8) was a United States Navy aircraft carrier. She was launched 14 December 1940 by the Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co., Newport News, Virginia, sponsored by Mrs. Frank M. Knox (wife of the Secretary of the Navy Frank M. Knox), and commissioned at Norfolk 20 October 1941, Captain Marc A. Mitscher in command..
USS Essex (CV-9) - USS Essex (CV-9) (add image here) Career Laid down: 1941 Launched: 31 July 1942 Commissioned: 31 December 1942 Decommissioned: ?? Fate: sold General Characteristics Displacement: 27,100 tons Length: 872 ft Beam: 93 ft Extreme Width: 147.5 ft Draft: 28.7 ft Speed: 33 knots Complement: 3,448 officers and men Armament: 12 x 5-inch guns Aircraft: ?? The seventh USS Essex (CV-9) (also CVA-9 and CVS-9) was a United States Navy aircraft carrier, the lead ship of her class. She was launched 31 July 1942 by Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., sponsored by Mrs. Artemus L. Gates, wife of the Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Air, and commissioned 31 December 1942, Captain Donald B. Duncan commanding. Following her shakedown cruise Essex sailed to the Pacific.
USS Hornet - USS Hornet Eight ships of the United States Navy have borne the name USS Hornet, after the stinging insect. The first Hornet was a ten-gun sloop commissioned in 1775, and served in the American Revolutionary War. The first two ships in the new Continental Navy were Hornet and USS Wasp. The second Hornet was also a ten-gun sloop and took part in the First Barbary War. In company with two other American ships, she attacked the port of Derna and silenced its guns in a battle lasting less than an hour. This allowed a combined force of about 400 American Marines and Arab, Greek and Berber mercenaries who had made a gruelling 400 mile overland march to capture the city - an event immortalized in the.
USS Salt Lake City (CA-25) - USS Salt Lake City (CA-25) (add image here) Career Laid down: 9 June 1927 Launched: 23 January 1929 Commissioned: 11 December 1929 Fate: sunk as target 1948 General Characteristics Displacement: 10,826 tons Length: 585.5 ft ( m) Beam: 65.25 ft ( m) Draft: 17.5 ft ( m) Speed: 32.7 knots Complement: 612 officers and enlisted Armament: 10 x 8-inch guns, 4 x 5-inch guns, 6 x 21-inch torpedo tubes Aircraft: four The first USS Salt Lake City (CL/CA-25) of the United States Navy was a Pensacola-class heavy cruiser sometimes known as "Swayback Maru". She had the (unofficial) distinction of having taken part in more engagements than any other ship in the fleet. She was laid down on 9 June 1927, by the American Brown Boveri Electric.
USS Alaska (CB-1) - USS Alaska (CB-1) (insert image and caption here) Career Laid down: December 17, 1941 Launched: August 15, 1943 Commissioned: June 17, 1944 Fate: sold for scrap General Characteristics Displacement: 27,000 tons Length: 806.5 ft Beam: 91.1 ft Draft: 27.1 ft Speed: 31.4 knots Complement: 2,251 officers and men Armament: 9 x 12-inch guns, 12 x 5-inch guns, 56 x 40mm guns, 34 x 20mm guns Aircraft: 4 Armor: 9-inch belt, 12.8-inch turret The third USS Alaska (CB-1) was one of a class of two "large cruisers" in the United States Navy, a design with a main battery much heavier than than of normal heavy cruisers, but lighter and faster than a battleship. Often referred to as a battlecruiser. She was laid down on 17 December 1941.
USS Washington (BB-56) - USS Washington (BB-56) (insert image and caption here) Career Laid down: 14 June 1938 Launched: 1 June 1940 Commissioned: 15 May 1941 Fate: sold for scrap Struck: 1 June 1960 General Characteristics Displacement: 35,000 tons Length: 729 feet Beam: 108 feet Draft: 38 feet Speed: 27 knots Complement: 108 officers, 1772 men Armament: nine 16-inch guns, 20 five-inch guns, 16 1.1-inch machineguns USS Washington (BB-56), a North Carolina-class battleship was the eighth ship of the United States Navy named in honor of the 42nd state. Her keel was laid down on 14 June 1938 at the Philadelphia Navy Yard. She was launched on 1 June 1940 sponsored by Virginia Marshall of Spokane, Washington, a direct descendant of former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court John Marshall,.
USS Quincy (CA-39) - USS Quincy (CA-39) Quincy underway in 1937 () Career Laid down: 15 November 1933 Launched: 19 June 1935 Commissioned: 9 June 1936 Fate: sunk 9 August 1942 General Characteristics Displacement: 9,375 tons Length: 588.2 ft overall Beam: 61.8 ft Draft: 19.4 ft Speed: 32 knots Complement: 807 officers and men Armament: 9 x 8-inch guns, 8 x 5-inch guns, 8 x .50-cal MGs The USS Quincy (CA-39) was a United States Navy New Orleans-class heavy cruiser sunk at the Battle of Savo Island in 1942. She was laid down by the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Company, Quincy, Massachusetts, 15 November 1933, launched 19 June 1935, sponsored by Mrs. Henry S. Morgan, and commissioned at Boston 9 June 1936, Captain William Faulkner Amsden in command. Soon after being assigned.
USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD-6) - USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD-6) USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD-6), the third United States Navy ship of that name, was named in honor of John Paul Jones' famous frigate, which he had named the French language equivalent of "Poor Richard," in honor of Benjamin Franklin's almanac of that name. Bonhomme Richard (a.k.a. Revolutionary Gator) is a Wasp-class amphibious assault ship currently homeported in San Diego, California. The contract to build her was awarded to Ingalls Shipbuilding on December 11, 1992, and her keel was laid down on April 18, 1995. She was launched on March 14, 1997, delivered to the Navy on May 12, 1998, and commissioned on August 15, 1998. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Mission 2 General Characteristics 3 Armament 4 Deployments 5 Unit Awards 6.
USS Juneau (CL-52) - USS Juneau (CL-52) (add image here) Career Laid down: 27 May 1940 Launched: 25 October 1941 Commissioned: 14 February 1942 Fate: sunk 13 November 1942 General Characteristics Displacement: 6,000 tons Length: 541.5 ft Beam: 53.2 ft Draft: 16.3 ft Speed: 32 knots Complement: 623 officers and men Armament: 16 x 5-inch guns, 16 x 1.1-inch guns, 8 x 20mm MGs Aircraft: 4 scout planes The second USS Juneau (CL-52) was a United States Navy Atlanta-class light cruiser sunk at the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal in November 1942. She was laid down by Federal Shipbuilding Company, Kearny, New Jersey, 27 May 1940, launched 25 October 1941, sponsored by Mrs. Harry I. Lucas, wife of the Mayor of the city of Juneau, Alaska, and commissioned 14 February 1942,.
List of ships of the United States Navy - line of the United States Navy list of sailing frigates of the United States Navy list of military vessels named after living Americans There is also a list of ships of the Japanese Navy. (This list cannot be sorted well by type, because the same name is used for ships of different types at different times. Add rest of destroyers and subs, but will need to break up list by letters.) A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Alphabetical list of ships A USS Abraham Lincoln (SSBN-602, CVN-72) USS Adirondack (1860s, 1917, AGC-15) USS Agamenticus (1863) USS Admiralty Islands (CVE-99) USS Akron (ZRS-4) USS Alabama (1818, BB-8, BB-60, SSBN-731) USS Alaska (1860s,.
USS John C. Stennis (CVN-74) - USS John C. Stennis (CVN-74) The Stennis (CVN-74) is a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier in the United States Navy. It was commissioned on December 9, 1995. Its home port is San Diego. Mission and Capabilities The mission of USS John C. Stennis and her embarked Air Wing (Carrier Air Wing Nine) is to conduct sustained combat air operations while forward deployed in the global arena. The embarked Air Wing consists of eight to nine squadrons. Attached aircraft are the F/A-18 Hornet, F-14 Tomcat, EA-6B Prowler, S-3 Viking, E-2C Hawkeye, and SH-60 Seahawk. The Air Wing can destroy enemy aircraft, ships, submarines, and land targets, or lay mines hundreds of miles from the ship. USS John C. Stennis' aircraft are used to conduct strikes, support land battles, protect.
USS Enterprise (CV-6) - USS Enterprise (CV-6) (add image here) Career Laid down: 16 July 1934 Launched: 3 October 1936 Commissioned: 12 May 1938 Decommissioned: 17 February 1947 Fate: Scrapped General Characteristics Displacement: 19,800 tons Length: 809 ft 6 in Beam: 83 ft 1 in Extreme Width: 114 ft Draft: 28.0 ft Speed: 33 knots Complement: 2,919 officers and men Armament: 8 x 5-inch guns Aircraft: 81-85 The seventh USS Enterprise (CV-6) was the sixth aircraft carrier of the United States Navy. She was launched 3 October 1936 by Newport News Shipbuilding, sponsored by Lulie Swanson, wife of Secretary of the Navy Claude A. Swanson, and commissioned 12 May 1938 with Captain N.H. White in command. Enterprise sailed south on a shakedown cruise which took her to Rio de Janeiro..
USS Oriskany (CV-34) - USS Oriskany (CV-34) (add image here) Career Laid down: Launched: Commissioned: Decommissioned: Fate: sold for scrap General Characteristics Displacement: 27,100 tons Length: 872 ft (266 m) Extreme Width: 147.5 ft (45 m) Draft: 28.6 ft (8.7 m) Speed: 32.7 knots Complement: 3,448 officers and men Armament: 12 x 5-inch (127 mm) guns Aircraft: The USS Oriskany (CV-34) (also CVA-34) was a United States Navy aircraft carrier. She was laid down 1 May 1944 by the New York Naval Shipyard, launched 13 October 1945, and sponsored by Mrs. Clarence Cannon. While still incomplete, her construction was suspended 12 August 1947. She remained in a state of preservation until after the outbreak of hostilities in Korea in June 1950, then was rushed to completion. She commissioned in the.
USS Tarawa (CV-40) - USS Tarawa (CV-40) insert image here insert caption here (insert link to larger image here) Career Ordered: ?? Laid down: 1 March 1944 Launched: 12 May 1945 Commissioned: 8 December 1945 Fate: sold for scrap Struck: 1 June 1967 '''General Characteristics''' Displacement: 27,100 tons Length: 888 ft (271 m) Beam: 93 ft (28.4 m) Extreme Width: 147 ft (44.8 m) Draft: 28 ft (8.5 m) Speed: 32.7 knots Complement: 3,448 officers and men Armament: 12 x 5-inch guns, 72 x 40mm guns Aircraft: 103 The first USS Tarawa (CV-40) (also CVA-40, CVS-40) was a United States Navy Ticonderoga-class aircraft carrier. She was laid down on 1 March 1944 at the Norfolk Navy Yard, launched on 12 May 1945, sponsored by Mrs. Julian C. Smith (the wife.
USS Langley (CV-1) - USS Langley (CV-1) (add image here) Career As Jupiter As Langley Authorized: unknown 11 July 1919 Laid down/ Conversion Begun: 18 October 1911 Launched/ Renamed: 14 August 1912 11 April 1920 Commissioned: 7 April 1913 20 March 1922 Decommissioned/ Lost: 24 March 1910 27 February 1942 Fate: converted wrecked by Japanese, scuttled by own escorts General Characteristics Displacement: 19,360 tons 11,500 tons Length: 542 feet 542 feet Beam: 65 feet 65 feet Draft: 27 feet 8 inches 18 feet 11 inches Speed: 15 knots 15 knots Complement: 163 officers and men 468 officers and men Armament: four four-inch guns four five-inch guns Aircraft: none 55 The USS Langley (CV/AV-1) was the United States Navy's first aircraft carrier. Originally USS Jupiter (AC-3), her keel was laid.
USS Princeton (CVL-23) - USS Princeton (CVL-23) (insert image and caption here) Career Laid down: 2 June 1941 Launched: 18 October 1942 Commissioned: 25 February 1943 Fate: sunk 24 October 1944 General Characteristics Displacement: 13,000 tons Length: 622.5 ft Beam: 71.5 ft Extreme Width: 109.2 ft Draft: 26 ft Speed: 31 knots Complement: 1,569 officers and men Armament: 22 x 40mm guns, 16 x 20mm guns Aircraft: 45 The fourth USS Princeton (CVL-23) was a United States Navy light aircraft carrier. She was laid down as Tallahassee (CL-61) by the New York Shipbuilding Corporation, Camden, New Jersey, 2 June 1941, reclassified CV-23 on 16 February 1942, renamed Princeton 31 March 1942, launched 18 October 1942, sponsored by Margaret Dodds (wife of Princeton University president Harold Dodds), and commissioned at Philadelphia.
