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| Class | Wasp |
| Type | Fleet Carrier |
| Year | 1940 |
| Crew | 2167 |
| Dimensions | |
| Length | 690 ft (pp) 720 ft |
| Beam | 82 ft - 100 ft (d) |
| Draught | 23 ft |
| Displacement | |
| Empty | 14,700 t |
| Loaded | 18,450 t |
| Performance | |
| Speed | 30 kt |
| Range | 12,500 nmi @ 15 kn |
| 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 5-in/38 (8 x 1) 5"/38 Mk. 12 -10° / +35° |
| Anti-Aircraft | |
| Armor | |
| Belt | 4 in |
| Bulkhead | 4 in |
| Deck | 2 in |
| 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 |
