USS Wasp

USS Wasp is a traditional ship name used by the US Navy. There have been ten ships of this name so far.

• USS Wasp (1775) , a schooner, commissioned: 1775, destroyed: 1777
• USS Wasp (1807) , a sloop, commissioned in 1807, handed over to Great Britain in 1812
• USS Wasp (1810) , a schooner, commissioned in 1812, out of service in 1814
• USS Wasp (1813) , a sloop, commissioning: 1813, decommissioning: 1814
• USS Wasp (1814) , a sloop, commissioned in 1814, sunk in 1814
• USS Wasp (1865) , a paddle steamer, commissioned: 1865, decommissioned: 1876
• USS Wasp (1898) , a steam powered yacht, commissioned in 1898, out of service in 1919
• USS Wasp (CV-7) , an aircraft carrier, commissioned in 1940, sunk in 1942
• USS Wasp (CV-18) , an aircraft carrier, commissioned in 1943, out of service in 1972
• USS Wasp (LHD-1) , a landing dock ship, commissioned in 1989

See also: Wasp class

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