File:USS Wasp (CV-7) burning on 15 September 1942 (80-G-16331).jpg

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العربية: حاملة الطائرات التابعة للبحرية الأمريكية يو إس إس واسب (سي في-7) تشتعل بعد إصابتها بطوربيدات أطلقتها الغواصة اليابانية آي-19، في 15 سبتمبر 1942، أثناء عملها في جنوب غرب المحيط الهادئ لدعم قوات الحلفاء في غوادالكانال.
English: The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Wasp (CV-7) burning and listing after she was torpedoed by the Japanese submarine I-19, on 15 September 1942, while operating in the Southwestern Pacific in support of forces on Guadalcanal.
Note that the wartime censor has removed the CXAM-1 radar antenna, only its lower frame is still visible.
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Camera location12° 25′ 48″ S, 164° 08′ 26″ E Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo
Date 15 September 1942
date QS:P571,+1942-09-15T00:00:00Z/11
institution QS:P195,Q3250126
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80-G-16331
Source U.S. Navy photo 80-G-16331

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Most of the photos found in the NHHC collection are in the public domain and may be downloaded and used without permissions or special requirements. Those which are not will be noted in the copyright section of the NHHC image description.[1]
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