Weather limitations in carrier aviation in the interwar and WWII eras (1 Viewer)

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The Wasp damage report (posted previously) suspects that only two torpedoes struck her.

According to USNI Proceedings, it was indeed three:

The Wasp had just taken in planes and all her gasoline lines were running when at 1442 she reached a position only 500 yards from I-19. The submarine fired four torpedoes, three of which hit the carrier in almost the same place, on the starboard side forward.

The Loss of the "Wasp"

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www.usni.org

Note that if they're wrong and you're right, that only reinforces my point about torpedo vulnerability.