CVS-18 USS Wasp

Namesake. Wasp, an insect of the narrow-waisted suborder Apocrita of the order Hymenoptera
Builder. Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, MA
Laid down. 18 Mar 1942
Launched. 17 Aug 1943
Commissioned. 24 Nov 1943
Decommissioned. 17 Feb 1947
Recommissioned. 28 Sep 1951
Decommissioned. 1 Jul 1972
Reclassified:
CVA-18, 1 Oct 1952
CVS-18, 1 Nov 1956
Stricken. 1 Jul 1972
Fate. Scrapped, 1973
Class and type. Essex-class aircraft carrier
Displacement:
27,100 long tons (27,500 t) (standard)
36,380 long tons (36,960 t) (full load)
Length:
820 feet (249.9 m) (wl)
872 feet (265.8 m) (o/a)
Beam. 93 ft (28.3 m)
Draft. 34 ft 2 in (10.41 m)
Installed power:
8 × Babcock & Wilcox boilers
150,000 shp (110,000 kW)
Propulsion:
4 × geared steam turbines
4 × screw propellers
Speed. 33 knots (61 km/h; 38 mph)
Range. 14,100 nmi (26,100 km; 16,200 mi) at 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Complement. 2,600 officers and enlisted men
Armament:
12 × 5 in (127 mm) DP guns
32 × 40 mm (1.6 in) AA guns
46 × 20 mm (0.8 in) AA guns
Armor:
Waterline belt. 2.5–4 in (64–102 mm)
Deck. 1.5 in (38 mm)
Hangar deck. 2.5 in (64 mm)
Bulkheads. 4 in (102 mm)
Aircraft carried: 90 Aircraft