WND Exclusive In May 1942, the US Pacific fleet reduced to only three carriers by heavy losses at the Battles of the Coral Sea and Midway, the USS Wasp, having fought exceptionally in the Atlantic war, set sail to fight the Japanese in the Pacific. After a hard fight at Guadalcanal, she was hit head-on by three Japanese torpedoes. Fires caused by the incredible amount of gas and oil released from the tanks by the direct hits spread quickly, and it wasn’t long before the ship’s fate was … [Read more...]