USS Wasp

Sunk

Type	Aircraft carrier
War	Second World War
Main guns	8 × 5 in (127 mm) guns

Twice carried Spitfires to Malta in 1942, then covered the Guadalcanal landings. Torpedoed by I-19 on 15 September 1942; burning out of control, she was abandoned and sunk by an American destroyer.

The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Wasp (CV-7) entering Hampton Roads, Virginia (USA), on 26 May 1942. The escorting destroyer USS Edison (DD-439) is visible in the background. Photo: Unknown, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

8 × 5 in (127 mm) guns
16 × 1.1 in (28 mm) AA guns
24 × 0.50 in (12.7 mm) machine guns

Armour

1.5 in (38 mm) conning tower
3.5 in (89 mm) side and 1.25 in (32 mm) deck over steering gear

Builder	Fore River Shipyard
Laid down	1 April 1936
Launched	4 April 1939
Commissioned	25 April 1940
Displacement	14,700 long tons (14,900 t) (standard) 19,116 long tons (19,423 t) (full load)
Length	688 ft (209.7 m) (waterline) 741 ft 3 in (225.9 m) (overall) 727 ft (222 m) (flight deck)
Speed	29.5 knots (54.6 km/h; 33.9 mph)
Complement	1,800 officers and men (peacetime) 2,167 (wartime)

As built, from the ship's Wikipedia article. Figures there may cover later refits too.

Career

Launched

4 April 1939

Sinking of Wasp

Sunk

15 September 1942

Sunk by Lansdowne after being abandoned