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The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Wasp (CV-18) in drydock at Bayonne, New Jersey (USA), showing the damage to the carrier's bow from her 26 April 1952 collision with USS Hobson (DMS-26). Wasp collided with Hobson while conducting night flying operations in the Atlantic, en route to Gibraltar. Hobson was cut in two and sank, 61 men of her crew could be rescued, but 176 were lost. Wasp sustained no personnel casualties but her bow was severely damaged. As the carrier was urgently needed for duty in the Mediterranean, Wasp entered drydock at Bayonne on 8 May. Her damaged bow was immediately cleared out with blow torches and the following day she received the bow of USS Hornet (CV-12) which was undergoing conversion at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, New York. Her repair was completed in only 10 days, enabling the carrier to get underway on 21 May and resume her deployment just three days later. |
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| Source | U.S. Navy All Hands magazine U.S. Navy All Hands magazine July 1952, p. 3. Official U.S. Navy photo NH 97512 from the U.S. Navy Naval History and Heritage Command. |
| Author | U.S. Navy |
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