Later that evening, the destroyer USS Landsdowne (DD-486) fired three torpedoes into the burning wreck. She sank at 2100 by the bow. The Wasp was not a bad aircraft carrier, it was an unlucky one ...

The USS Wasp also sustained significant damage to her bow and was forced to proceed to Bayonne, New Jersey for repairs. The aircraft carrier USS Hornet (CV-12) was undergoing her own conversion ...

A landing craft from the Norfolk-based USS Wasp was involved in an incident that left 30 sailors and Marines hurt on Wednesday night. Read more: https://www.wavy.com ...