CJ McLellan Eulogy CV-7 History The Ship, Crew, and Aircraft Photo Album Capt Shermans After Action Report of Wasps Sinking In Their Own Words Dads Navy Pictures Annual Reunion Minutes Tributes from Relatives and Friends Contact Web Master Characteristics Type: light fleet aircraft carrier Displacement: 19,116 Tons (full load) Dimensions: 688 x 80.75 x 20 feet Extreme Dimensions: 741.25 x 80.75 x 20 feet Propulsion: Steam turbines, 2 shafts, 75,000 shp, 29.5 knots Crew: 1,800 Armor: None Armament: 8 single 5/38 DP, 16 1.1 inch AA, 24 .50 cal AA Aircraft: 84 initially Concept/Program: Small carrier meant to use up the remaining carrier tonnage allowed under Treaty restrictions. Replaced Langley in the carrier force. Design: Based on a scaled-down Yorktown. Not a satisfactory design; had even less underwater protection than the Yorktown class. ****************************************************************************
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USS Wasp, CV-7, Stinger Club Inc
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THIS is the FIRST web port dedicated to CV-7.
I have added a page for the posting of tributes to Wasp crewmembers. If you have any words of thanks or just want to relate a story or two from a crewmember you know, please send them to my email and I will post them on this page.
A eulogy for my dad has been added. As a disclaimer on that page states, he was not politically correct, so the eulogy is not one you are probably accustomed to.
Now, browse the links at top left for Wasp history and pictures!
CJ McLellan Eulogy
