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Which USS Wasp is this...CV-7 or CV-18?


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I purchased this undated Christmas card this morning at the flea market. I assumed it was CV-18 in that I also bought a couple of other propeller driven aircraft photographs taken on an aircraft carrier and dated 1952 on the back of those.

However the more I study the flight deck of this image vs known images of CV-7 & CV-18, I'm not so sure.

Anybody know for sure?

 

Kim

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For what it's worth, here's the other two pictures of aircraft I also bought this morning. One of the photos is marked "March'52 off Jax, Fla. AJ1".

The other has "dillard" written on it too. I bought all 3 images out of the same 3 inch stack of photos so that's all I know about it.

Kim

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collectsmedals

It is USS Wasp CV-18.

 

CV-7 had a tripod masted bridge forward of the funnels and did not have the side cranes visible on your photograph.

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