USS ''Wasp'' may refer to the following ships of the
Continental
Continental may refer to:
Places
* Continental, Arizona, a small community in Pima County, Arizona, US
* Continental, Ohio, a small town in Putnam County, US
Arts and entertainment
* ''Continental'' (album), an album by Saint Etienne
* Continen ...
and
United States
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navies:
* was a merchant
schooner
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purchased by the Continental Navy in late 1775 and destroyed in 1777
* was a
sloop constructed in 1806 and captured during the
War of 1812
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* was a schooner built in 1810 and sold after 1814
* was a sloop chartered in 1813 and returned to her owners in 1814
* was a sloop-of-war constructed in 1813 and lost in a storm at sea in 1814.
*, originally the captured
Confederate
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''Emma Henry'', renamed ''Wasp'' in June 1865 and found unfit for further service in 1876
*, was the first steam
yacht
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''Columbia'' launched 1893 by William Cramp, acquired and commissioned in 1898 by the Navy and used as a training ship until sold in 1919
*, a steel-hulled
motorboat
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Some motorboats are fitted with inboard engines, others have an outboard motor installed on the rear, containing the inter ...
, was leased by the U.S. Navy and performed patrol duties in 1917
*, laid down in 1936, was an
aircraft carrier
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that saw action in World War II until sunk by in September 1942
* an aircraft carrier launched in 1943 and served until 1972
* is lead ship of the s and was launched in 1989 and in active service
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United States Navy ship names