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CV-18 Wasp II
United States Navy aircraft carrier
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| Class | Laid down, Shipyard | Launched | Commissioned | Disabled and Why | |
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| Essex-short | 1942/03/18 Bethlehem Steel Co., Shipbuilding Div., Quincy, | 1942/08/17 | 1943/11/24 | 1973
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| Camouflage: 43: Ms 21, 44: Ms 33/10a, 45: Ms 21 | |||||
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WW II combat actions:
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| From | Till | Operation | Force | Action | Source |
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| 44/03 | joinPac - CVG-14 | ||||
| 44/03/21 | arrived San Diego | 66 | |||
| 44/04/04 | arrived P.H. | 66 | |||
| 44/04/07 | 44/04/09 | 19.1 | exercises out of P.H. | 125 | |
| 44/04/16 | 44/04/18 | 19.1 | exercises out of P.H. | 125 | |
| 44/04/27 | 44/04/29 | 19.1 | exercises out of P.H. | 125 | |
| 44/05/03 | 44/05/08 | sail from P.H. to Majuro | 81 | ||
| 44/05/15 | 44/06/06 | 58.6 | raid Marcus&Wake - CVG-14 | 66 | |
| 44/06/06 | 44/08/26 | Forage | 58.2 (from 06/30 GF) | CVG-14 | 66 |
| 44/06/19 | Forage | 58.2 | xPhilip - near-missed by dive bomber (14-19N, 143-48E) | 85 | |
| 44/06/20 | Forage | 58.2 | disabling AOs Genjo Maru, Seijo Maru | 85 | |
| 44/08/06 | 44/08/18 | Eniwetok | 88 | ||
| 44/08/26 | 44/11/27 | King2 | 38.1 from 11/05 FF | CVG-14 | 66 |
| 44/10/25 | King2 | 38.1 | xSamar | 81 | |
| 44/12/01 | 44/12/24 | Love3 | 38.1 | land Mindoro CVG-81 | 66 |
| 44/12/30 | 45/01/25 | Mike1 | 38.1 | CVG-81 | 66 |
| 45/02/10 | 45/03 | Detach | 58.1 | CVG-81 | 66 |
| 45/03/14 | 45/03/19 | Iceber | 58.1 | CVG-86 | 66 86 |
| 45/03/19 | 58.2 | disable(kami) - heavy > repairs P.H. | |||
| 45/04/13 | 45/06 | Puget Sound Naval Shipyard - repairs | 66 | ||
| 45/07/11 | 45/07/2? | P.H. - sail to join TF 38 in Eniwetok - escrorted by Terry, Benner | 66 | ||
| 45/07/18 | strike Wake Is. | 66 | |||
| 45/07/26 | 45/09/01 | 38.3 | raid - Home Islands | 66 105 | |
| 45/08/25 | 38 | damage(typhoon) stove in about 30 feet of her bow | 66 | ||
| 45/09/01 | 45/09/0? | sail from Japan to Eniwetok | 66 | ||