| Wasp (Capt Forrest P Sherman) was hit by two torpedoes from Japanese submarine I-19 (Cdr Kinashi Takaichi) at about 1440 on 15 September 1942 while conducting flight operations about halfway between San Cristobal in the Solomons and Espirito Santo. Fires raged out of control and the ship was abandoned by 1600. USS Lansdowne (Lieut Comdr. W. R. Smedberg III) torpedoed the hulk and the ship sank at approximately 2100. 193 crewmen were killed and 366 wounded out of 2247.
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