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USS WASP (CV-18) Patch – Sew On

$11.99

Sailors and Aviators!  Enjoy this beautifully embroidered USS WASP (CV-18) Patch.   You’ll love displaying or wearing it!

  • 3 9/16″W x 4 1/4″H inches
  • Sew On
  • US Veteran-Owned Business

8 in stock (can be backordered)

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USS WASP (CV-18) Patch – Sew On

Sailors and Aviators!  Enjoy this beautifully embroidered USS WASP (CV-18) Patch.   You’ll love displaying or wearing it!

  • 3 9/16″W x 4 1/4″H inches
  • Sew On
  • US Veteran-Owned Business
  • Reproduction

 

USS Wasp (CV/CVA/CVS-18) was one of 24 Essex-class aircraft carriers built during World War II for the United States Navy. The ship, the ninth US Navy ship to bear the name, was originally named Oriskany, but was renamed while under construction in honor of the previous Wasp (CV-7), which was sunk 15 September 1942. Wasp was commissioned in November 1943, and served in several campaigns in the Pacific Theater of Operations, earning eight battle stars. Like many of her sister ships, she was decommissioned shortly after the end of the war, but was modernized and recommissioned in the early 1950s as an attack carrier (CVA), and then eventually became an antisubmarine carrier (CVS). In her second career, she operated mainly in the Atlantic, Mediterranean, and Caribbean. She played a prominent role in the manned space program, serving as the recovery ship for five missions: Gemini IV, Gemini VI, Gemini VII, Gemini IX, and Gemini XII. She was retired in 1972, and sold for scrap in 1973.

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