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I I W 5 ' IIZIIIIIUII ,Q ll X l I l a '!,.'g', , , ,, , ', ,, P The 40,000-ton antisubmarine warfare carrier o to ay is e seven I f I 'T'f.I4 of a number of ships to bear the proud name WASP. f, 1g9Ifit X aflig x WASP I was one of the 14 original vessels to bear the colors of the .ff f,fjjl7fs,f 1-QNX continental Navy during the American Revolution. Sheuwas commis- g i l, 4- sioned in 1775 and was inthe first squadron to sail on a military mission E She participated in the first capturefof enengytterritory an: aligtgldi ff' 5,5 V l g, 1' Xyjff5l'L jijig.-.5-if in the first capture of an enemy m3ll'0 'Wa - er many C0 q M3219- L-1'- 2 the high seas, she was dashed to pieces on the eastern shore of IVlary- land during a storm in late 1777. h 18 b .It f U t - U ti gf ' , WASP ll, a sloop-of-war wit guns, was ui or service a I ,l I 'I ' ' Washington and launched in 1806. She was engaged in several battles ' I WASP I on the high seas with the English in the war of 1812. Her moist famous I c battle was with the H.lVl.S. EROLIC, a 22-gun vessel. This gallant , victory was short-lived however, foglthe WASP ?llltiSdSOOI'gj Caplrlfsduggeil Ate. 74-gun English ship of the line. e was rel 9 an SHI 9 WQSXK' the British flag and was lost in a storm' at sleab tb I f d t . INS WASP III had a career which was co or u , u rie an 'mys CVIOUS. ZH 4 As an 18-gun ship-of-war, she carried a crew of 140 and displaced 509 tons. She defeated the H.Nl.S. REINDEER and H.lVl.S. AVON and I wi,-il., H! captured 13 prizes during her two years with the fleet. On October 9, 1814, she was last seen by a Swedish brig off the Cape Verde Islands. Her destination presumably was theSpanish lVlain, but she was never 9I l il'.'If, Q heard from again, and her fate remains one of the unsolved mysteries K 'II I I 7,4 I flfl 7B,Q', E5f9 l of the sea. I IIi.5t?ttt QQ I WASP IV, the American Civil War WASZ, was a stegel-hulled, sided -cfqg ae?-P -f I I . fffgse E., wheel steamer. Originally a British bloca e runner, s e was cap ure off Charlestown, South Carolina, in 1863. Combining sail and steam to P gain a fine speed for the period, she was used as a dispatch and spe- I wAsP ii cial service vessel. She served in the East Indies and in South Atlan- I tic squadron from 1865 to the time of her decommissioning in 1876. .. - , WASP V was a 630 ton converted private yacht that was bought by I ,I If the Navy in 1898. She served as a gunboat in the Spanish-American MftfIX War and later as a station ship in Port Royal and finally as a training I ship for the Navy lVlilitia before she was sold in 1921. ff'f 'fQfI.' if I' -. . During World War I, a small privately owned vessel named WASP was ,ff llkgxgr f . x . fy! 113. iff ff,-1-YQlLI QK-gg carried briefly on the Navy list. However, she was soon returned to fff 1, f rx Null her owners and never saw any active service. ,,f,f7',l, V,-tyixl T 1, WASP vi - the ship for which the present wAsP is named - was !f!Q,ff ff w Tjiigrfx launched in 1939. She was one of the new mobile airbases of the fleet. K' ' X 'X 'I ..ra if ' If 1 ,45 4 . 1 '9 ,gf f 'I ,7 A I l X 5 I tiff f I If X, I my ii A li TL ,CQ is , X f f ' I M i , X X l X I 4 lx X X K A X y I ,. A ix If Li H l-Ire ll H Xkx tffffriyfzfr NWN tl 1 Q Mk X f ' f-'77 , A: l' iff Q' , If 1' . is g g 1 ff , i LICXNAX Xi if in Isl! 'F gk A A lwxl lyk min l it l . gg. Ig . I gl 51 s..ui'n2-EXEI' ,kd -'hi '4f5: 'Q' w 2 J.:'?ji.,e5i. -lf -I-5 - M wAsP ui I During the early days of World War Il, she did convoy duty inthe Atlantic, and in Nlarch of 1942 she twice ferried deck-loads of Spitfire fighters to bolster the island of Nlalta. ln July of 1942 the WASP pro- ceeded to the South Pacific to send her air wing into the island cam- paigns. ln Task Force 18 and Task Force 61, she led the attack against the Tulagi-Guadalcanal area. She was hit by torpedoes and later destroyed by American forces on 15 September 1942. - f 7 I I J, - ' m l ff Ami-Ei ,M if-flxs, X 1 A' 27x ,ff gm I HF? T . Xxigif in Gm 'Ili I! X I' gi.-T!-- - Y' 1 hbx' X ,. 1. ff ig, F T ' I -- 'I' ff I W ,sf ,Q vm -4 ,f R .TI .:- Y... 1. nl A 1 -Tr u J' I 51:31-. 1 3 4. 4 I ,ef 'A-I-A -IIIIIII ' ,iff 'sl 3- ' --mein ur tiX7 ' ft ,.,,- -'Jf amen. WASP IV wA5p V I I f l I x X ,f I X5 X r x . Q5 I rg ' its -. -'X . I U I - Iii? . X 'SX I- MW 1 lg I .w l'--HW Il ' V- . - -N' ': X1 ,g rf - 'I i W X 'T' Y N I H 'I I. -.Q-'Iles ' 5 realm. h.r7- 455' 1' ft' I ' TFT? Im wi'-nifty-'3l .If4'It T5 11 f --fs - . 'i Lis-2..3ff !2'F'-'f- -i-1 ' c -iT?t 'ig . - -4--SJQEEE - 'wif ' -I f 4 I - ' .... -1- - '- as J - . 1 -s Lf -LJ ' s c'm'x-cf-fi.-, ------ . - far- .-555-.2-J ' 'cf--ft-ee-:sk ' -. 'J' -4- 9 ' ' ' ' ' ' ' . - , - -. --A ,X .-- - -,im -- jf X.- 5- M - -iff A I . - -'T1:7il ' f- K Kg g - . Nm in 4 1.3, jgjir - ,. 5.1 pgs -3, H ff-' K N a--1 .7 'j --' , Y, ff - , -A -P , A? gas- Eg- Egg. ,V , '11, 4 1.1 ' -4- ' Wi l l 7 ' - AY. . A .
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