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	USS Wasp
		Wasp's single action of war was in October 1812 when she engaged HMS Frolic[?] in battle, firing from a distance of 50-60 yards.
		Wasp was returned to her owners in early 1814 and the Lake Champlain battery transferred to the schooner USS Ticonderoga.
		Wasp actively participated in the Cuban blockade in November 1962 and recovered the Gemini IV[?] astronauts in June of 1965.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/us/USS_Wasp.html (788 words)

	USS Wasp (1775) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		She was outfitted at Baltimore during the winter of 1775–1776; and commissioned in December 1775 or January 1776, Capt. William Hallock in command.
		Wasp and Providence covered the Marines as they went ashore, but their guns never fired because the landing was not opposed.
		Wasp, however, parted with the main fleet and made her way independently back to the Delaware capes and thence into port at Philadelphia, where she arrived on 4 April.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/USS_Wasp_(1775) (708 words)

	USS Wasp
		In October 1956, Wasp was reclassified as an anti-submarine warfare aircraft carrier (CVS-18).
		Wasp participated in the Cuban blockade in November 1962 and recovered the Gemini 4 astronauts in June of 1965.
		Wasp went on to recover Gemini 6A and Gemini 7 in December of that same year and Gemini 9 and Gemini 11 in 1966.
	www.teachtime.com /en/wikipedia/u/us/uss_wasp.html (823 words)

	USS Wasp - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Wasp served the Continental Navy well capturing many vessels to include: HMS Betsy, Leghorn Galley and Two Brothers.
		The eighth Wasp (CV-7) was an aircraft carrier that saw action in World War II in the Atlantic and Pacific, until sunk in September 1942.
		The ninth Wasp (CV-18) took the place of the previous Wasp in 1943 and served until 1972.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/USS_Wasp (637 words)

	USS Hornet (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The first Hornet was a ten-gun sloop commissioned in 1775, and served in the American Revolutionary War.
		The first two ships in the new Continental Navy were Hornet and USS Wasp.
		The seventh Hornet (CV-8), along with the Enterprise (CV-6), launched the Doolittle Raid in 1942, fought at the Battle of Midway, but was sunk during the Battle of Santa Cruz on 26 October 1942.
	bopedia.com /en/wikipedia/u/us/uss_hornet.html (536 words)

	Wasp Strike Group
		The fifth WASP was a ship-rigged sloop-of-war constructed in 1813 and commissioned in early 1814, WASP was put to sea on May1, 1814 for a war cruise to the western approach of the English Channel.
		Wasp was dispatched to the Pacific in June 1942 to reinforce U.S. Naval forces there in the wake of the carrier battles of Coral Sea and Midway and in preparation for offensive operations in the Southern Pacific.
		USS Wasp, a 27,100-ton Essex class aircraft carrier built at Quincy, Massachusetts, was commissioned on 24 November 1943.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/agency/navy/lhd-1.htm (2775 words)

	Wikipedia: United States Navy
		USS Thresher - sunk in an accident in 1963
		USS Merrimac - a wooden warship rebuilt by the Confederates as the ironclad CSS Virginia
		Sank the USS Housatonic with its spar-mounted torpedo, but was sunk during or soon after the same battle, with all hands on board.
	www.factbook.org /wikipedia/en/u/un/united_states_navy.html (2199 words)

	History for USS Wasp - LHD 1
		USS WASP (LHD1) is the tenth Navy ship to be named "WASP." Ships of the LHD 1 multipurpose amphibious assault ship program are named for famous U.S. Navy warships which themselves were not named for battles.
		Previous U.S. Navy ships named WASP include: a schooner, 1775-1777; a sloop of war, 1806-1813; another schooner, 1810-1814; a tender sloop, 1813-1814; a ship-rigged sloop of war, 1814; an iron-hulled sidewheel steamer, 1865-1876; a steam yacht; 1898-1921; and the most famous of the nine, two aircraft carriers: CV 7, 1940-1942, and CV 18, 1943-1972.
		USS WASP (LHD1) is the lead ship in an all-new class of multi-purpose amphibious assault ships built by Ingalls Shipbuilding division of Litton in Pascagoula, Mississippi.
	www.military.com /HomePage/UnitPageHistory/1,13506,200293\|700153,00.html (336 words)

	United States Navy : Information and resources about United States Navy : School Work Guru
		Crewmembers and their families are participating in a flag unfurling rehearsal, during a cruise in the Pacific for the crew's relatives.
		USS Indianapolis - heavy cruiser, sunk by Japanese submarine
		Sank the USS Husitania with its spar-mounted torpedo, but was sunk during or soon after the same battle, with all hands on board.
	www.schoolworkguru.org /encyclopedia/u/un/united_states_navy.html (2827 words)

	USS Hornet
		The first USS Hornet was a ten-gun sloop commissioned in 1775, and served in the American Revolutionary War.
		The first two ships in the new Continental Navy were Hornet and USS Wasp.\n*The second Hornet was also a ten-gun sloop and took part in the First Barbary War.
		In company with two other American ships, she attacked the port of Derna and silenced its guns in a battle lasting less than an hour.
	encyclopedia.codeboy.net /wikipedia/u/us/uss_hornet.html (215 words)

	DD 975 O'Brien
		USS O'Brien's official crest, symbolizes the rich tradition of courage and determination initiated by the ship's namesake, Captain Jeremiah O'Brien, and continued by those ships that proudly bore his name.
		USS O'Brien (DD 975) is the fifth warship to be named in honor of Captain Jeremiah O'Brien, Commanding Officer of the first American ship to successfully engage a British vessel during the Revolutionary War.
		On the afternoon of 15 September 1942, O'Brien was in the joint task force with USS HORNET and USS WASP southeast of the Solomons.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/agency/navy/dd-975.htm (2962 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		USS WASP Readies for the Unexpected By JO1(SW) Crystal M. Raner, USS WASP (LHD 1) On Board USS WASP - As a wave of helicopters made its approach to the flight deck of USS WASP (LHD 1), the ship's crew prepares for a long night.
		This was the scenario as USS WASP's medical department and a force of 70 augmentees from National Naval Medical Center Bethesda, Md., joined forces to simulate a mass casualty situation during which WASP was designated a receiving and treatment ship.
		"WASP could be the next ship deployed to support U.S. military troops fighting for the end of terrorism." WASP has medical facilities capable of providing intensive medical assistance to 600 casualties, whether combat incurred or brought aboard the ship during humanitarian missions.
	www.chinfo.navy.mil /navpalib/news/mednews/med01/med01045.txt (3374 words)

	United States Navy - LearnThis.Info Enclyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		USS Stark - 36 died when ship was hit by Iraqi air-launched missiles in 1987
		USS Samuel B. Roberts - survived hitting a mine on 14 April 1988, decommissioned in 2000
		The destroyer evolved from the need of navies to counter a new ship which made a devastating debut in the Chilean Civil War of 1891 and in the Sino-Japanese War of 1894.
	encyclopedia.learnthis.info /u/un/united_states_navy.html (2771 words)

	Navy/Marine Corps News - 2001 Program Hi Lites
		USS John C. Stennis Sailors are testing gear that will enhance security aboard their ship.
		USS Donald H. Cook is very "ship shape," when it comes to the health and welfare of its crew.
		USS John F. Kennedy employs a new communications network that enables ships of the battle group to coordinate offensive and defensive tactics.
	www.mediacen.navy.mil /tv/nmcn/2001.htm (11192 words)

	USS Wasp History Page
		Fred served aboard the Wasp at the time this photo was taken.
		The destroyer crewman explained that it was the Wasp and her task force (Task Force Bravo) during a 1960's cruise to the Mediterranean.
		Soon after commissioning, Wasp was mixing it up with the Japanese, far away in the Pacific, at Wake, Tinian, Guam, Iwo Jima, Mindanoa, Luzon, Palmas, Formosa, Hong Kong, Okinawa, and finally Yokosuka and Tokyo, Japan.
	www.cv18.com /history.html (856 words)

	Changing the Face of War
		An Initial Operational Test and Evaluation of the AN/USG-2 equipment set was conducted on the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp in July 1997.
		Wasp was equipped with the new ACDS Block 1 computer programs.
		Although CEC essentially met its performance requirements, it was noted during testing that the operators aboard Wasp encountered considerable interoperability difficulties when operating ACDS Block 1, CEC, and the tactical digital data links concurrently.
	www.navyleague.org /seapower/changing_the_face_of_war.htm (1810 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Hue City is currently deployed to the Mediterranean with the USS John F. Kennedy (CV 67) Battle Group.
		USS Thomas S. Gates is part of the USS John F. Kennedy (CVN 67) Battle Group.
		In the summer of 1777 he was given command of a new 18- gun sloop, Ranger, and in early 1778 took the war to the enemy's homeland in a series daring raids along the English coast.
	www.chinfo.navy.mil /navpalib/news/navnews/nns97/nns97023.txt (4187 words)

	Whatever Happened?
		USS AMBERJACK (SS-219), was presumed lost on 3-22-43.
		USS BALTIMORE in the Battle of Manila Bay in 1898.
		USS ARGONAUT (SM1), and his country, in action with the enemy on 1-11-43.
	members.cox.net /cpopina/whathapp.htm (5168 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/United States Navy
		In accordance with the Constitution, Congress ordered the construction and manning of six frigates on March 27, 1794 and in 1797 the first three frigates, USS United States, Constellation and Constitution went into service.
		USS Merrimack — a wooden warship rebuilt by the Confederates as the ironclad CSS Virginia
		USS Alligator the first submarine of the civil war, but sunk while being towed in a storm
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/U.S._Navy (3787 words)

	[No title]
		The purpose of this raid is to destroy Japanese installations, take prisoners, gain intelligence on the area and divert Japanese attention and reinforcements from the Solomon Islands; Intelligence estimates that there are 45 Japanese on the island.
		The submarines surfaced in heavy rain and high seas and Carlson changed the plans; originally, the two companies were to land on widely separated beaches but the new plan has them landing together.
		The following day USS Antaeus arrived to assist the submarine and escorted her into the Gulf of Dulce, Costa Rica.
	www.seawaves.com /newsletters/TDIH/august/17Aug.txt (890 words)

	Henry DeHaven Manley
		Ordered to the USS Brooklyn, July 1860, Henry was Assistant Hydrographer to Lieutenant Jeffers, USN, during survey of Chiriqui Lagoon, Isthmus of Panama.
		He performed night picket duty with howitzer boats under the walls of Sumter, had temporary command of the USS Nipsic and of the Canandaigua and for several months was commanding and senior officer of the off-shore blockade with four vessels, including the Canandaigua, as flag-ship.
		During that period commanded the USS Wasp part of the time, and at expiration of his cruise, Henry returned home by mail steamer.
	cssvirginia.org /vacsn3/crew/congress/hdmanley.htm (755 words)

	USS Andrew Doria (1775) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		USS Andrew Doria was purchased by the Continental Congress in October of 1775.
		The ship was originally named the Defiance, but was renamed Andrew Doria, after being fitted out as a fighting vessel.
		The Dutch island returned her 11 gun salute.
	read-and-go.hopto.org /Continental-Navy-ships/USS-Andrew-Doria-(1775).html (126 words)

	Dates in Naval History: December
		Recovery was by HS-11 helicopters from USS Wasp (CVS-18)
		Recovery was by HS-4 helicopters from USS Yorktown (CVS-10).
		1775 - Congress commissions first naval officers: Esek Hopkins, Commander in Chief of the Fleet, Captains Dudley Saltonstall, Abraham Whipple, Nicolas Biddle, and John Hopkins.
	www.history.navy.mil /wars/datesdec.htm (2261 words)

	USS Holder - Links to Military related Sites
		Battleship New Jersey USS New Jersey Will be an Historic Ship on display.
		USS Oklahoma City CL-91 -- CLG-5 -- CG-5 -- SSN-723
		USS Lexington Aircraaft Carrier Museum on the Bay in Corpus Christi, Texas
	www.ussholder.com /Navylinks.html (600 words)

	North Carolina Permanent Museum Exhibits - Siamese Twins, Granite Quarry, Firehouse
		This exhibit traces the history of a once "worthless piece of rock" to the industrial giant it became once the railroad arrived in 1888.
		The 426th distinguished itself as "the elite" of the artillery units and Company A's service record is filled with honors and recognition because of outstanding performance.
		The War Memorial Exhibit, with its magnificent back drop of the American Flag flown on the USS WASP in July of 1945, contains artifacts from the Museum Collection depicting the sacrifices that have been made to defend our freedom.
	www.northcarolinamuseum.org /ncexhibits.aspx (1924 words)

	Eighteenth Century Exhibit
		The Council of Safety served as the executive committee, when the Congress was not in session, with the power to raise troops, direct military activities, undertake Indian negotiations, issue monies, provide expenditures and oversee the publication of a newspaper.
		The December 19, 1775 sample of the recorded minutes of the Council of Safety meetings, seen above, reflects the types of day-to-day responsibilities of the Council.
		He was at once taken to the USS Wasp where he died on October 11, 1779 of gangrene without regaining consciousness.
	www.georgiahistory.com /exhibit.htm (3066 words)

	Nova Scotia History Index
		The name change is a recognition that in 1775 France no longer had a colonial presence in North America, other than Cape Breton, and so reflects the British defeat of the French and the annexation of Quebec.)
		(1775) Col. John Allan, commanding officer at Machias, Maine, and Superintendent of Eastern Indian department...
		...The style of argument used to induce the natives from their allegiance to the King of England is seen in the letter addressed to them by the congress of Massachusetts on May 15th, 1775...
	www.littletechshoppe.com /ns1625/histindx.html (7747 words)

	Historical Events
		1991-Incoming Iraqi Silkworm missile is destroyed by USS Missouri.
		1944-CV-21 USS Block Island was the only carrier sunk in the Atlantic during World War II.
		1931-Keel of USS Ranger, the first carrier designed and built as a carrier, was laid.
	www.ordnance.org /historic.htm (696 words)

	Reasons to Love the Corps
		``1775 Rum Punch'' -- four parts dark rum, two parts lime juice, one part pure maple syrup.
		Dennis Rocheford, wounded twice in Vietnam as a Marine infantryman, was a Navy chaplain aboard the USS Wasp in 1994.
		You hate to love 'em, but when you're hot and sweaty and in the field, nothing satisfies like the five fingers of death.
	www.ibanez.net /reasons_to_love_the_corps.htm (3060 words)

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