Latest "USS Wasp" stories

Navy veteran with rare medical condition to compete in pageant

Arlena Johnson is a U.S. Navy veteran an cancer survivor. She will be sharing her story through the Ms. Veteran America pageant.

18 months ago

Norfolk sailor dies of COVID-19 complications

The sailor is the third active-duty sailor to die this month after contracting the novel coronavirus

By Geoff Ziezulewicz

2 years ago

Alfred Thayer Mahan and his vain quest to keep ships straight

He was one of the world's greatest maritime strategists. A gifted seaman? Not so much.

By Donald Lankiewicz, American History Magazine

3 years ago

Sayonara, Japan! Wasp bound for Norfolk

Navy Personnel Command announced in early 2018 that Wasp was expected to return to Virginia around Sept. 20.

By Navy Times staff

4 years ago

Torpedo Junction: The South Pacific’s brutal underwater war

To beat back or blunt the first Allied offensive in the Pacific, Japan needed to cut the supply lifeline. They failed.

By John Prados, HistoryNet.com

4 years ago

The Operation Dragoon drama of Douglas Fairbanks

Famed for his heroics on screen, a Hollywood idol topped himself at war as leader of a band of seaborne deception specialists

By David Sears, World War II Magazine

4 years ago

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