Wasp (Essex-class) Photographs | World War II Database

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Starboard side view of USS Wasp, circa 1953	Air show held aboard USS Wasp in honor of Chiang Kaishek, off Taiwan, 10 Jan 1954, photo 1 of 4

Air show held aboard USS Wasp in honor of Chiang Kaishek, off Taiwan, 10 Jan 1954, photo 2 of 4	Air show held aboard USS Wasp in honor of Chiang Kaishek, off Taiwan, 10 Jan 1954, photo 3 of 4

Air show held aboard USS Wasp in honor of Chiang Kaishek, off Taiwan, 10 Jan 1954, photo 4 of 4	Chiang Ching-Kuo aboard USS Wasp, off Taiwan, 10 Jan 1954

Chiang Kaishek aboard USS Wasp, off Taiwan, 10 Jan 1954	Chiang Kaishek aboard USS Wasp, off Taiwan, 10 Jan 1954

Chiang Kaishek aboard USS Wasp, off Taiwan, 10 Jan 1954	Superstructure of USS Wasp while off Taiwan, 10 Jan 1954; note Republic of China naval ensign for the occasion of visit by Chiang Kaishek

USS Wasp underway off Taiwan, 5 Jan 1955	USS Wasp, 1958

USS Miller alongside USS Wasp during a refueling demonstration during a Dependents Day Cruise, 16 Apr 1959	USS Wasp's crew spelling out Dakar on the flight deck, off Dakar, Senegal, 29 Jul 1960

USS Wasp in formation with Gearing-class destroyers, S2F aircraft, AD-5W aircraft, and HSS-1 helicopters of Task Group Bravo, Mediterranean Sea, 19 Aug 1961	Starboard quarter view of USS Wasp, off Boston, Massachusetts, United States, Mar 1964

USS Wasp recovering Gemini IV space capsule in the Atlantic Ocean 400 miles east of Cape Kennedy, Florida, United States, at 1212 hours on 7 Jun 1965	Project Gemini Astronauts Eugene Cernan and Thomas Stafford aboard USS Wasp, 6 Jun 1966

USS Wasp underway, circa early 1967; note S-2E Tracker aircraft of CVSG-52 squadron on flight deck	USS Wasp in the Atlantic Ocean, 9 May 1969; note two SH-3 Sea King helicopters in flight