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Wasp

Ship Designation: 
CV-7
Date Lost: 
Tuesday, September 15, 1942
Torpedoed near Guadalcanal
Wasp was dispatched to the Pacific in June 1942 to reinforce U.S. Naval forces there in the wake of the carrier battles of Coral Sea and Midway and in preparation for offensive operations in the Southern Pacific. In early August, she participated in the invasion of Guadalcanal. The remainder of her service life was devoted to the effort to hold that vital island in the face of Japanese attempts to recapture it. On 15 September 1942, while steaming well to the southward of Guadalcanal, USS Wasp was torpedoed by the Japanese submarine I-19. Uncontrollable gasoline fires forced her abandonment, and she was sunk by torpedoes from an escorting destroyer.

Lost At Sea Log

Number of sailors in this log: 172

Namesort descending Service Branch
SK 3c Bernard Mcgahan USN
Sea 2c Walter Mckeighan USN
Sea 1c Eldon Mckim USN
Matt 1c Thomas Mcnutt USN
Sea 1c John Medvetz USN
2 Lt Wesley Milliken USMC
BM 2c William Mitchell USN
Cox Charles Neely USN
Sea 1c Nicholas Nobal USN
AMM 3c Walter Nye USN
Matt 1c Chester Oldacre USN
MM 2c Lester Oller USN
Matt 1c James Parham USN
F 3c Charles Park USN
Ens John Parker USN
Sea 1c William Parvin USN
Matt 2c Elmo Patin USN
SF 1c Ronald Patterson USN
CM 2c Santo Pecoraro USN
Sea 2c William Picciani USN

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