USS Wasp (CV-18)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/USS_Wasp_%28CV-18%29
GPTKB entity
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:aircraft
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:USS_Yorktown
gptkb:USS_Hornet
gptkb:Fletcher-class
gptkbp:aircraft_operated 90 aircraft
gptkbp:awards gptkb:World_War_II_Victory_Medal
gptkb:National_Defense_Service_Medal
gptkb:Navy_Unit_Commendation
gptkb:Vietnam_Service_Medal
gptkb:Asiatic-Pacific_Campaign_Medal
gptkb:Republic_of_Vietnam_Campaign_Medal
gptkbp:beam 93 feet
gptkbp:class Essex-class aircraft carrier
gptkbp:commissioned 1944-04-01
gptkbp:constructed_in gptkb:Newport_News_Shipbuilding
gptkbp:decommissioned 1970-05-15
gptkbp:displacement 27,100 tons
gptkbp:draft_year 28 feet
gptkbp:fate scrapped
gptkbp:home_port gptkb:Norfolk,_Virginia
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USS Wasp (CV-18)
gptkbp:launched 1943-04-04
gptkbp:length 888 feet
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:The_Wasp
gptkbp:notable_operations gptkb:Korean_War
gptkb:Vietnam_War
gptkb:Operation_Crossroads
gptkbp:operated_by gptkb:battle
gptkbp:services 1972-01-10
1943-11-24
gptkbp:sister_ship gptkb:USS_Yorktown_(CV-10)
gptkb:USS_John_F._Kennedy_(CV-67)
gptkb:USS_America_(CV-66)
gptkb:USS_Bon_Homme_Richard_(CV-31)
gptkb:USS_Bunker_Hill_(CV-17)
gptkb:USS_Coral_Sea_(CV-43)
gptkb:USS_Essex_(CV-9)
gptkb:USS_Franklin_(CV-13)
gptkb:USS_George_H._W._Bush_(CVN-77)
gptkb:USS_Hancock_(CV-19)
gptkb:USS_Hornet_(CV-12)
gptkb:USS_Intrepid_(CV-11)
gptkb:USS_Midway_(CV-41)
gptkb:USS_Nimitz_(CVN-68)
gptkb:USS_Oriskany_(CV-34)
gptkb:USS_Ronald_Reagan_(CVN-76)
gptkb:USS_Shangri-La_(CV-38)
gptkb:USS_Ticonderoga_(CV-14)
gptkb:USS_Kitty_Hawk_(CV-63)
gptkb:USS_Franklin_D._Roosevelt_(CV-42)
gptkbp:speed 33 knots