| Caption | Wasp burning and listing after being torpedoed by Japanese submarine I-19 in the South Pacific, 15 Sep 1942 | ||||||||
| Source | United States National Archives | ||||||||
| Identification Code | 80-G-16331 | ||||||||
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| Photos on Same Day | See all photos dated 15 Sep 1942 | ||||||||
| Added By | C. Peter Chen | ||||||||
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| Licensing | According to the US National Archives, as of 21 Jul 2010: |
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12 May 2010 10:56:49 AM
My father Leslie G. Elliott was on the Wasp that day when it was hit and sunk...