New U.S. aircraft carrier wasp is launched. The Wasp, the U.S.

New U.S. aircraft carrier wasp is launched. The Wasp, the U.S. Navy's newest aircraft carrier, slides off the launching ways at an Eastern U.S. shipyard (August, 1943). The seventh Wasp to serve in the U.S. Navy, the fightinh ship will replace her immediate predecessor, which was sunk off Gaualcannal in the South Pacific. Sept. 15, 1943. Miss Julia M. Walsh, sister of U.S. Senetor David L. Walsh, chaiman of the Naval Affairs Committee, sponsored the ship.