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

• mysterydip 8y ago
  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) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Wasp_(LHD-1)
  • melling 8y ago
    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_States_Navy_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.
    • mysterydip 8y ago
      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.
    • astura 8y ago
      >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-ship-names-of-the-us-navy.php https://worldhistory.us/military-history/famous-recycled-shi...
  • kpU8efre7r 8y ago
    Ship names are often passed on.
• whoopdedo 8y ago
  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.