On this day in 1942, three Japanese torpedoes slam into the American aircraft carrier USS Wasp (CV-7) off Guadalcanal. 193 of the ship’s nearly 2,000 crewmen are lost. Just 14 months later, the U.S. Navy commissions a replacement carrier: USS Wasp (CV-17) pic.twitter.com/0yA8Zze7jR
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The post @MilHistNow: On this day in 1942, three Japanese torpedoes slam into the American aircraft carrier USS Wasp (CV-7) off Guadalcanal. 193 of the ship’s nearly 2,000 crewmen are lost. Just 14 months later, the U.S. Navy commissions a replacement carrier: USS Wasp (CV-17) first appeared on JOSSICA – The Journal of the Open Source Strategic Intelligence and Counterintelligence Analysis.
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