Description: Vintage 1945 World War II Original… USS WASP (CV-18) Thank You Card to PUGET SOUND NAVY YARD Workers & Officers This is a thank you card from US Navy Captain Commanding the U.S.S. Wasp to the workers and officers at Puget Sound Navy Yard for getting the ship repaired and back to sea to finish the war in 1945. Measures 5 1/4” x 4 1/4”. Features photo of the U.S.S. Wasp on 1st page, and the Wasp records to date with list of attacks, enemy ships & aircrafts destroyed on back page. “Your Work Assures More Destruction of JAP Planes, Ships and Installations.” on bottom of back page. “On 13 April 1945, Wasp returned to the Puget Sound Navy Yard in Bremerton, Washington, and had the damage caused by the bomb hit repaired. Once whole again, she steamed to Hawaii, and after a brief sojourn at Pearl Harbor, headed toward the western Pacific on 12 July 1945.” USS Wasp (CV/CVA/CVS-18) was one of 24 Essex-class aircraft carriers built during World War II for the United States Navy. The ship, the ninth US Navy ship to bear the name, was originally named Oriskany, but was renamed while under construction in honor of the previous Wasp (CV-7), which was sunk 15 September 1942. Wasp was commissioned in November 1943, and served in several campaigns in the Pacific Theater of Operations, earning eight battle stars. Like many of her sister ships, she was decommissioned shortly after the end of the war, but was modernized and recommissioned in the early 1950s as an attack carrier (CVA), and then eventually became an antisubmarine carrier (CVS). In her second career, she operated mainly in the Atlantic, Mediterranean, and Caribbean. She played a prominent role in the manned space program, serving as the recovery ship for five missions: Gemini IV, Gemini VI, Gemini VII, Gemini IX, and Gemini XII. She was retired in 1972, and sold for scrap in 1973. CONDITION: Good vintage pre-owned condition. Discoloration, creasing, and some stains. See photos for details. Please message for any questions, thanks.
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Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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