The USS Wasp (CV-7) was an aircraft carrier built under the constraints of the Washington Naval Treaty, which limited its ...

Summary and Key Points: The USS Wasp (CV-7 ... (the equivalent of five of today’s Nimitz-class supercarriers) and 135,000 tons of aircraft carriers--of which individual carriers could weigh ...

They resemble a small aircraft carrier and are capable of operating ... with a combination of aircraft and landing craft. The Tarawa-class LHAs and Wasp-class LHDs provide the Marine Corps with ...