The images on this page are from the 1955 cruise book "THE STINGER'S TALE" and they appear here courtesy of Shipmate Gene Dougherty. Gene sent me the book and I scanned these image from it. There is a note under each image, those in BOLD lettering are direct quotes from the cruise book. The page numbers refer to their location in the cruise book.

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Page 5   Captain D. J. Welsh, USN Commanding Officer - From enlisted man to CO, US Naval Academy -1929, Wings in '31, Silver Star & Purple Heart in WWII	Page 13  Hoisting aircraft onto Wasp at NAS North Island.
Page 12   Loading Wasp at NAS North Island for the Far East cruise.	Page 13   Loading Wasp (this is part of the same photo)
Page 14  Hoisting aircraft onto Wasp at NAS North Island.	Page 12   Wasp and Essex at NAS North Island, San Diego
Page 172   This is Gene Dougherty by his rack. Gene wrote: "1955 - Somewhere in the Far East"	Page 14  Gangplank up, dependents watch as Wasp gets ready to pull away from the dock at North Island - 1 September 1954
Page 48   "A carrier uses tremendous quantities of fuel oil and gasoline … 90,000 gallons of fuel oil during a day of flight operations … plus 50,000 gallons of fuel for our planes. Refueling is a regular occurrence at sea. 'The Smoking Lamp Is Out Throughout The Ship While Taking On Fuel.' Wasp storage tanks hold over a million and a half gallons of fuel and aviation gas."	Page 49   Two jets fly tandem with Wasp, pulling a target drone. Wasp is moving in this shot; check out the wake in the full view shot (Click the image).
Page 52   "We retire to the quiet of our sacks … re-read those precious letters …" (This is shipmate Conrad Strub)	Page 16   Wasp at Ford Island, Oahu, Hawaii
Page 233   "Supply Department" (Wasp in some undeveloped port in the Far East)	Page 101 "Air Task Group One" - Eight Wasp aircraft fly by Japan's Mt. Fujiyama

 

 

 

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