File:USS Wasp (CV-7) burning on 15 September 1942 (80-G-16331).jpg

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العربية: حاملة الطائرات التابعة للبحرية الأمريكية يو إس إس واسب (سي في-7) تشتعل بعد إصابتها بطوربيدات أطلقتها الغواصة اليابانية آي-19، في 15 سبتمبر 1942، أثناء عملها في جنوب غرب المحيط الهادئ لدعم قوات الحلفاء في غوادالكانال.
English: The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Wasp (CV-7) burning and listing after she was torpedoed by the Japanese submarine I-19, on 15 September 1942, while operating in the Southwestern Pacific in support of forces on Guadalcanal.
Note that the wartime censor has removed the CXAM-1 radar antenna, only its lower frame is still visible.
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Camera location12° 25′ 48″ S, 164° 08′ 26″ E Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo
Date 15 September 1942
date QS:P571,+1942-09-15T00:00:00Z/11
institution QS:P195,Q3250126
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80-G-16331
Source U.S. Navy photo 80-G-16331

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12°25'48.000"S, 164°8'26.002"E

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