The seventh carrier of the United States Navy is the topic of today's video. A compromise design from the outset, Wasp is one of the prime examples of how the various interwar naval treaties limited navies. Of how ships could suffer for trying to meet impossible tonnage limitations for what was expected of them.
And yet, for all of that, Wasp would prove to be an incredibly successful ship, in the short time she actually served. If in roles that her designers certainly didn't anticipate for her.
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Timestamps:
0:00 - Introduction
1:50 - Design
6:15 - Construction
7:20 - Atlantic Service
12:38 - Pacific Service
16:38 - Wreck/Ending