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Loss of USS Wasp (CV-7)
Guadalcanal: Loss of USS Wasp (CV-7)
While supporting the forces on Guadalcanal on September 15, 1942, USS Wasp (CV-7) was torpedoed by Japanese submarine, I-19, later scuttled by USS Lansdowne (DD-456). Also damaged by I-19 were USS O'Brien (DD-415) and USS North Carolina (BB-55). O'Brien sank on September 19, but North Carolina was able to make to the Solomon Islands for repair. USS Radford (DD-446) sank I-19 on November 25, 1943.
Image: 80-G-16532: Loss of USS Wasp (CV-7), September 15, 1942. U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.