USS Wasp (CV-7)

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:aircraft
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:USS_Langley
gptkbp:aircraft_operated gptkb:F4_F_Wildcat
gptkb:TBF_Avenger
gptkb:SBD_Dauntless
gptkb:F6_F_Hellcat
90 aircraft
gptkbp:beam 108 feet
gptkbp:class gptkb:Wasp-class_aircraft_carrier
gptkbp:commissioned gptkb:Admiral_Ernest_King
1940-04-25
gptkbp:constructed_in gptkb:Newport_News_Shipbuilding
gptkbp:crew 2,200 personnel
gptkbp:decommissioned 1943-01-15
gptkbp:displacement 14,700 tons
gptkbp:draft_year 27 feet
gptkbp:fate sunk by submarine
gptkbp:home_port gptkb:Norfolk,_Virginia
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USS Wasp (CV-7)
gptkbp:launched 1939-04-04
gptkbp:length 843 feet
gptkbp:losses gptkb:Japanese_submarine_I-19
gptkb:Solomon_Islands
1942-09-15
gptkbp:nickname The Fighting Wasp
gptkbp:notable_operations gptkb:Battle_of_the_Coral_Sea
gptkb:Battle_of_Midway
gptkb:Operation_Torch
gptkb:Guadalcanal_Campaign
gptkbp:operated_by gptkb:battle
gptkbp:resting_place gptkb:Pacific_Ocean
gptkbp:services 1942-09-15
1940-04-01
gptkbp:significant_event First aircraft carrier to be sunk in World War II
gptkbp:sister_ship gptkb:USS_Yorktown_(CV-10)
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_Hancock_(CV-19)
gptkb:USS_Intrepid_(CV-11)
gptkb:USS_Midway_(CV-41)
gptkb:USS_Nimitz_(CVN-68)
gptkb:USS_Oriskany_(CV-34)
gptkb:USS_Shangri-La_(CV-38)
gptkb:USS_Tarawa_(CV-40)
gptkb:USS_Hornet_(CV-8)
gptkb:USS_Kitty_Hawk_(CV-63)
gptkb:USS_Franklin_D._Roosevelt_(CV-42)
gptkbp:speed 33 knots