USS Wasp cv 18 Navy Cruise Book 1944 to 1946 cruise book
This cruise books condition is: Good condition
All pages are intact, this is a very old book and it shows aging. Spine is loose and coming apart a little in places. A great historical document!
Information on ship:
The ninth USS Wasp (CV-18) of the United States Navy was an Essex-class aircraft carrier.
The ship was laid down as Oriskany on 18 March 1942 at Quincy, Massachusetts, by the Bethlehem Steel Company; renamed Wasp on 13 November 1942, in honor of her fallen predecessor CV-7, launched on 17 August 1943, sponsored by Miss Julia M. Walsh, the sister of Senator David I. Walsh of Massachusetts, and commissioned on 24 November 1943, Captain Clifton A. F. Sprague in command.