    
Title: USS Wasp, September, 1942 Description: Death of the USS Wasp (CV-7), a 14,000-ton carrier struck by three Japanese torpedoes while escorting the landing of the 7th Marine Regiment as reinforcements to Guadalcanal; the carrier is seen, center, almost enveloped in smoke, from the deck of the battleship USS North Carolina (BB-55); the Wasp sank at 2100 with 1,946 crew members rescued by U.S. surface vessels and with a loss of 193 killed and 366 wounded; Date: September 15, 1942 Category: World War II Keywords: aircraft carriers, aviation, Battle of Guadalcanal, Guadalcanal Campaign, August 7, 1942-February 9, 1943, sea battles, Second World War, smoke, Solomon Islands, U.S. invasions, U.S. Marines, U.S. Navy, U.S warships, vessels, World War II, WWII Orientation: Landscape Dimensions: 1770 x 1177 (2.08 MPixels) (3:2) Print Size: 15.0 x 10.0 cm; 5.9 x 3.9 inches File Size: 5.97 MB (6,259,512 Bytes) Resolution: 300 x 300 dpi Color Depth: 16.7 million (24 BitsPerPixel) Compression: None Image Number: 0000010171 Source: Jay Robert Nash Collection |
