USS Wasp (Essex-class) underway off Trinidad, 22 Feb 1944, photo 1 of 2

Caption     USS Wasp (Essex-class) underway off Trinidad, 22 Feb 1944, photo 1 of 2 ww2dbase
Photographer    Unknown
Source    ww2dbaseUnited States National Archives via United States Navy Naval History and Heritage Command
Link to Source    Link
Identification Code   80-G-221142
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Wasp (Essex-class)   Main article  Photos  
Photo Size 5,680 x 4,336 pixels
Photos in Series See all 2 photos in this series
Photos on Same Day 22 Feb 1944
Photos at Same Place Atlantic Ocean
Added By C. Peter Chen
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1. Rich Miller says:
28 Apr 2020 10:01:37 PM

February 22 1944: Wasp (CV-18) had just completed shakedown in the Gulf of Paria Trinidad and was heading back to Boston, arriving there on Feb 27. On March 15 she left Boston for the Canal Zone and the Pacific, transiting the canal on March 21 and arriving at San Diego on March 28. She left for Pearl Harbor on March 30, arriving there on April 3 1944. Her first combat action was 2 days of strikes against Marcus with Essx and San Jacinto. She was attqached to TG 58.1 with Hornet and Belleau Wood on June 2 1944 just prior to the invasion o fthe Mariamas (Forager).

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