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WASP (Aprl 4th, 1939)
Displacement: 14,700 tons (20,450 full load)
Complement: 2,367
Length: 741.3 ft
Beam: 80.9 ft
Draught: 28 ft
Aircraft: 80
Guns:
8 - 5 inch, 38 cal.
16 - 1.1 inch AA
30 - 20mm AA
Armour:
Belt 4"
Main deck 1.5"
2nd deck 1.5"
Machinery: 2-shaft Parsons turbines. S.H.P.: 75,000 = 29.5 kts.Boilers: 6 Yarrow. Oil: 1602 tons.

WASP - Torpedoed by a Japanese submarine in the SE of San Cristobal in Pacific, September 15, 1942.

 


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