The U.S.S. Wasp: Torpedoed, Scuttled, Sunk and Now Found

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43 pointsSREinSF6 comments

Can we talk about the clarity of those videos? The way the sub's spotlight illuminates the gun barrel gives it a three-dimensional look.

I was very confused/concerned at first as the Wasp is the name of a current, active ship as well: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Wasp_(LHD-1)

Hmmm. Must be a Star Trek joke in there somewhere.

These are the Navy ships named Enterprise:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ships_of_the_United_...

Doesn’t the navy frequently reuse names?

Your link says there have been 10 Wasps.

They do. Since this is a news site, reading a headline of "USS Wasp torpedoed" got my hair up, then by the time I got to "found" I figured it had to be about an older ship, and was glad to be correct.

>Doesn’t the navy frequently reuse names?

Yup. Both for honoring heritage and history and reminding enemies of the omnipresence of the US Navy.

https://worldhistory.us/military-history/famous-recycled-shi...

Ship names are often passed on.

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