# Damage to carrier Wasp **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [July 6, 2011, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damage-to-carrier-wasp/587975 "2011-07-06T01:53:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![twak47](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cc9497/32.png) [@twak47](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twak47)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2011, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damage-to-carrier-wasp/587975/1 "2011-07-06T01:53:26Z")
I was told by a survivor of this accident, that it was caused by the ship getting the bow under a large wave due to running in a following sea. The bow was not peeled back, rather it was smashed down and bent. I know this because my brother-in-law was crippled by the falling deck. He spent the next 47 years in a wheel chair, but he always loved that ship. Matt. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2011, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damage-to-carrier-wasp/587975/2 "2011-07-06T03:00:04Z")
I don’t recall, and cannot now find, any Cecil’s Column on the subject of damage to the USS _Wasp_. May I ask why you posted this here? ---
**Author:** ![twak47](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cc9497/32.png) [@twak47](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twak47)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2011, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damage-to-carrier-wasp/587975/3 "2011-07-06T23:54:57Z")
I was looking for that photo of the damaged Wasp for many years. I even had a reporter for the Daily News try and find it, no luck. Well the other night I did look again and there it was! Together with some other carrier coments, I thought that I would put in some information that I had for many years, I had never seen this forum before and as many others do not allow just any one to chime in for many reasons, I joined, but the forum would not let me back to the carrier page to comment. Shot in the dark, someone saw it, thanks for reading. Matt twak47 ---
**Author:** ![justrob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a9adbd/32.png) [@justrob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/justrob)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2011, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damage-to-carrier-wasp/587975/4 "2011-07-08T13:26:40Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > I don’t recall, and cannot now find, any Cecil’s Column on the subject of damage to the USS _Wasp_. May I ask why you posted this here? It looks like he is referring to [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=171974) by **Johnny LA** ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2011, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damage-to-carrier-wasp/587975/5 "2011-07-08T15:12:50Z")
Off to GQ. ---
**Author:** ![mlees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@mlees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mlees)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2011, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damage-to-carrier-wasp/587975/6 "2011-07-08T17:48:55Z")
There are photos of collapsed flight decks (bow section) of the USS Hornet (CV-12) and Bennington (CV-20) (but due to typhoon damage, 5 June 1945) here: [![](http://www.hazegray.org/navhist/carriers/images/usa/cv12-2.jpg) ](http://www.hazegray.org/navhist/carriers/images/usa/cv12-2.jpg) [![](http://www.hazegray.org/navhist/carriers/images/usa/cv20-2.jpg) ](http://www.hazegray.org/navhist/carriers/images/usa/cv20-2.jpg) Reports on storm damaged carriers can be found here (alas, no photos): [http://www.history.navy.mil/faqs/faq102-1.htm](http://www.history.navy.mil/faqs/faq102-1.htm) Operational history of the USS Wasp can be found here: [Wasp (CV-18)](http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/carriers/cv18.htm) ---
**Author:** ![mlees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@mlees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mlees)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2011, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/damage-to-carrier-wasp/587975/7 "2011-07-08T18:00:42Z")
The DANFS write-up on the Wasp mentions she suffered Typhoon damage to the bow section on 25 August, 1945. I found a photo on Wikimedia: > **[File:USS Wasp CV-18 thypoon damage 1945.jpg](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:USS_Wasp_CV-18_thypoon_damage_1945.jpg)**