Friday, August 18, 2006

Anchors Aweigh!

Our nephew Tim Herschell just recently graduated from US Navy boot camp. After some more training he'll eventually be deployed on theUSS Wasp, based out of Norfolk, Virginia. Congratulations, Tim!

USS Wasp, commissioned in 1987, is a 844 foot long, multipurpose amphibious assault ship and has as its primary mission the support of a Marine landing force. They support helicopters, Harrier II jets, amphibious vehicles, a full medical wing, 1,075 crew members and 1,600 embarked troops

The Wasp was named to honor nine previous US ships, dating to the American Revolution.

  • a schooner, 1775-1777
  • a sloop of war, 1806-1813
  • a schooner, 1810-1814
  • a tender sloop, 1813-1814
  • a ship-rigged sloop of war, 1814
  • an iron-hulled side wheel steamer, 1865-1876
  • a steam yacht, 1898-1921
  • a aircraft carrier CV-7, 1940-1942, which was sunk by the Japanese during the Battle of Guadalcanal
  • a aircraft carrier CV-18, 1943-1972
God speed Tim!

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