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(Larger image (359Kb) contributed by Steve Connelly)
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 NS021869 |
219k | Plank Owner's Certificate for Alfred James Lewis, Gunner's Mate Third Class, U.S. Naval Reserve. | Jim Lewis, son of Alfred J. Lewis | |||||||||
| Patches |
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 NS021816 |
390k | 1954-55 USS Wasp Cruise Patch | © Bob Bentley ME3 | |||||||||
 NS021817 |
662k | USS Wasp 1956 Cruise Patch | © Bob Bentley ME3 | |||||||||
 NS021817a |
30k | "Task Force 77, 1953 – U.S.A. – North Atlantic – Italy – Suez Canal – Ceylon – Philippines – Japan – China – Korea – Hawaiian Is. – U.S.A. – 1954, U.S.S. Wasp (CVA-18)" | Ron Reeves | |||||||||
 NS021829 |
388k | Task Group Bravo patch | Steve Connelly | |||||||||
 NS0218aj |
128k | Attack Squadron Forty-Four was established as Fighter Squadron Forty-Four (VF-44) on 1 September 1950 and redesignated Attack Squadron (VA-44) on 1 January 1956. Its last three deployments aboard a carrier were with USS Wasp (CVS-18): July–August 1957 (EastLant, Bermuda) with F9F-8 Cougars; September–October 1957 (NorLant, Operation Strikeback), with Cougars; and March–April 1958 (Guantanamo Bay), with A4D-1 Skyhawks. |
Tommy Trampp | |||||||||
 NS0218av |
24k | USS Wasp (CV / CVA / CVS-18). |
Tommy Trampp | |||||||||
| "Welcome Aboard" |
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 NS-cv18-wa5455-01 |
292k | Los Angeles, California. CAPT David J. Welsh was Commanding Officer of USS Wasp (CVA-18), 5 May 1954–18 May 1955. | Manfred Groth, U.S. Army (Ret.) |
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 NS-cv18-wa5455-02 |
379k | |||||||||||
 NS-cv18-wa5455-03 |
352k | |||||||||||
 NS-cv18-wa5455-04 |
333k | |||||||||||
 NS021855 |
133k | Rotterdam, The Netherlands, probably in March 1962. | Bauke van der Zijpp | |||||||||
 NS021856 |
142k | |||||||||||
| Some Special Menus |
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| Miscellany |
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 NS0218ao |
342k | From the USS Wasp (CVA-18) Cruise Book, 1 September 1954–11 April 1955 (WestPac). | Richard Miller, BMCS, USNR (Ret.) | |||||||||
 NS021867 |
34k | I was on the Wasp from 1959 to 1962. I was a EM-3 and I stood watches on the electric generators often. Another sailor took time to show me this information written on the back of this Generator switchboard #2 plaque. | Pat Hastings, EM-3 | |||||||||
 NS021867a |
30k | |||||||||||
 NS021870 |
188k | "Decommissioned" "The U.S. aircraft carrier Wasp, veteran of many battles in the Pacific during World War II, has been decommissioned in ceremonies at Quonset Point, R.I., Naval Air Station. The ship was 28 years old. — Associated Press Photo." |
Ben Brooks | |||||||||
 NS021868 |
217k | "Jarring Arrival" "The [decommissioned] aircraft carrier Wasp, tied up at Old Federal Docks in Newark, N.J., earlier yesterday struck a railroad bridge across Newark Bay, ripping off the ship's radar mast (black section atop flight deck alongside superstructure) and a railing. No injuries were reported. The Coast Guard said the 890-foot long Wasp, which was being towed by five tugs, continued through the bridge after leaving a section of its platform hanging from the abutment." |
Ben Brooks | |||||||||
 NS021890 |
138k | Plaque presented to Michael Crawley, Reunion Chairman for 1986. |
Tommy Trampp | |||||||||
 NS0218aw |
17k | Commemorative USS Wasp (CVS-18), 1943–1972. |
Ron Reeves | |||||||||
| Models |
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 NS021865 |
57k | As CVA-18. | Courtesy of Joel Rosen, Motion Models | |||||||||
 NS021814 |
29k | As CVS-18. | Courtesy of Joel Rosen, Motion Models | |||||||||
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