America is known as the world’s greatest aircraft carrier superpower. No other nation comes close to its carrier capabilities, although China is simultaneously trying to catch up as well as degrade ...

The USS Wasp (CV-7)entered service in 1940. It was a Yorktown-class aircraft carrier and was stationed in the Atlantic Ocean at the onset of America's engagement in World War II. While supporting ...

The USS Wasp and the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit aboard is sailing with the USS Oak Hill and USS New York. (John Minchillo/AP) The amphibious assault ship USS Wasp entered the eastern Mediterranean ...

The amphibious assault ship USS Wasp has made its way through the Strait of Gibraltar into the eastern Mediterranean Sea as the United States positions its warships to attempt to prevent the fighting ...

The expedition crew aboard the late Paul G. Allen’s research vessel (R/V) Petrel discovered wreckage from USS Wasp (CV 7), which was sunk in 1942.Wasp, found Jan. 14, was sunk Sept. 15, 1942, by four ...

Remembering Fleet Week 2007 and a tour of the USS Wasp, a multipurpose amphibious assault ship. May 21-27 is Fleet Week 2025 in New York City, the annual celebration of the U.S. Navy, Marine Corps and ...

NORFOLK, Va. — The Norfolk-based amphibious assault ship USS Wasp is coming home. The vessel -- with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit out of Camp Lejeune, North Carolina aboard---departed Naval ...

The Pentagon has sent the Navy amphibious assault ship USS Wasp with Marines aboard to the eastern Mediterranean amid rising tensions between Hezbollah and Israel along Lebanon’s border, U.S. European ...

The Problem: The U.S. Navy faces significant challenges as multiple key vessels will be sidelined for extended maintenance. The USS John C. Stennis (CVN-74) is undergoing a refueling and complex ...

NAPLES, Italy — A Navy amphibious group has entered the Mediterranean Sea ahead of the imminent exit of a carrier strike group that spent much of the year engaged in naval combat at a pace unseen ...

WASHINGTON (March 14, 2019) A file photo of the aircraft carrier USS Wasp (CV-7) in early 1942 in Casco Bay, Maine, with SB2U and F4F aircraft on its flight deck. (U.S. Navy photo courtesy of Naval ...