Class | Wasp |
Type | Fleet Carrier |
Year | 1940 |
Crew | 2167 |
Dimensions | |
Length | 210.3 m (pp) 219.5 m |
Beam | 24.9 m - 30.5 m (d) |
Draught | 7.1 m |
Displacement | |
Empty | 14,700 t |
Loaded | 18,450 t |
Performance | |
Speed | 55 km/h |
Range | 23,150 km @ 28 km/h |
Machinery | |
Shafts | 2 |
Turbines | 7 x Geared steam 70,000 hp General Electric |
Boilers | 6 x watertube |
Fuel | Oil: 1,602 t |
Armament | |
Main | 8 x 127-mm/38 (8 x 1) 5"/38 Mk. 12 -10° / +35° |
Anti-Aircraft | |
Armor | |
Belt | 102 mm |
Bulkhead | 102 mm |
Deck | 38 mm |
Aircraft | |
Aircraft | 76-84 |
Production | |
Built | 1 |
Total | 1 |
Ship | Code | Builder | Laid | Launch | Comm | Decomm | Fate | ||
Wasp † | CV-7 | Bethlehem | 01/04/1936 | 04/04/1939 | 25/04/1940 | 15/09/1942 | † | Loss by submarine |