USS Wasp (CV-7)

Photograph

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Maritime Museum of San Diego

PC06536: Origsize: 3 1/2 X 5 1/2"; Resolution: 200dpi
PC06536

Origsize: 3 1/2 X 5 1/2"; Resolution: 200dpi

Name/Title

USS Wasp (CV-7)

Entry/Object ID

PC06536

Description

Port side view of the Wasp underway at sea on slow bell, several crew members on the flight deck, no aircraft on deck, flying US colors at gaff on main mast, launched 4 April 1939, earned two battle stars in WWII, torpedoed by Japanese submarine 16 September 1944, scuttled by USS Lansdowne (DD-486)

Photograph Details

Type of Photograph

Black and White

Collection

Postcard Collection

Made/Created

Artist

United States Navy

Studio

E. Schmidt

Date made

1939 - 1944

Place

Unknown

Unknown

Notes

Date: ND

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Postcard

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Writing Media

Nomenclature Class

Written Communication T&E

Nomenclature Category

Category 06: Tools & Equipment for Communication

Search Terms

Postcard, III-A-4c U.S. Navy -- Aircraft carriers other than Langley