Topic: USS Wasp
ABOARD THE USS WASP (Reuters) - The 16-ton fighter jet slowed to a stop off the warship's port beam, where it hovered like a floating rock as thousands of pounds of thrust from its engine and lift fan stirred up a cloud ...
ABOARD THE USS WASP (Reuters) - The 16-ton fighter jet slowed to a stop off the warship's port beam, where it hovered like a floating rock as thousands of pounds of thrust from its engine and lift fan stirred up a cloud ...
USS Wasp was built by the Bethlehem Steel Company at Quincy in Massachusetts. As US Marines waded ashore at Leyte their progress was aided by aircraft from USS Wasp, which softened up Japanese resistance through accurate bombing. When Japan tried to re-enforce ...