Conrad Strub was a Photographers Mate serving on Wasp in the mid-50s. He passed along these unique shots from a Far East cruise to share with you. I think you'll find them very interesting.

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Wasp at sea with her new flight deck in late 1955. You can make out the fuel lines between the ship in the larger image.	On 1 December 1955, Wasp returned to duty with her new hurricane bow and cantered (angled) deck. The conversion and overhaul occurred during a 7-month stay at the San Francisco Naval Shipyard.	Conrad wrote, "When the sea gets rough, we all eat on the deck." How would it be to sit on a steel deck, eating from a sliding steel tray full of food? Relax, that's coffee seeping under your leg.
Wasp pulled into Yokasuka, Japan, in early 1955, seen here alongside a repair dock. Click on the photo and see what is likely to be the captain's launch in the foreground and steam from a work barge amidships .	Japanese shipyard workers begin to tear out planks before replacing Wasp's wooden flight deck in Yokasuka.	This is a shot of CVA-41, Midway, at anchor in Japan in 1954, taken from Wasp's flight deck. Note the launch on its way for a visit?.
Shipyard workers inspect Wasp's hull from a floating scaffold at Yokasuka in 1955.	Refueling in the Far East, 1955. I always enjoyed refueling operations. That's easy for me to say; all I had to do during refueling was watch the show and wonder how long it would be before I could grab a smoke. I know some guys were working their tails off about then.	Another shot of the Yokasuka repair crew ripping out Wasp's old flight deck.
Wasp crew standing inspection in Japan, 1955. Look closely and you'll see the inspecting officers in the foreground, reviewing the 3rd row.	Cougars resting on the flight deck as Wasp steams toward the Far East in 1955.	A couple of sailors catch a few rays among Wasp's idle birds. Who could ask for anything more?